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225 The Forgotten War Part 14
As the now infamous town of Balangiga burned behind him, Capt. Bookmiller famously quoted the book of Hosea: They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind!
224 The Forgotten War Part 13
No matter what you call it, the event at Balangiga was the worst defeat of American troops since the Battle of the Little Big Horn!
223 The Forgotten War Part 12
Funston, four other Americans, and a renegade Spaniard would pose as POWs in the custody of a group of Macabebe Scouts in captured Insurrecto uniforms.
222 The Forgotten War Part 11
To see nine men, the officers in their drawers and the privates naked, cross such a stream by such means, and drive off an entrenched force not less than ten times their number, in broad daylight, where their number must soon become known, is something n
221 The Forgotten War Part 10
I find the story of David Fagen fascinating. We seldom rationally depict such figures in history.
220 The Forgotten War Part 9
The leaders of the Philippine independence movement had tremendous admiration for the American founding fathers and the government they wrought!
219 The Forgotten War Part 8
The depth and breadth, the sheer comprehensiveness of Filipino martial technology stands as a shining example, a tribute to defiance in the face of tyranny and oppression!
218 The Forgotten War Part 7
But it turns out that the Filipino people didnt WANT themselves and their property to be the property of the United States!
217 The Forgotten War Part 6
On June 12, 1898, the Filipino rebels officially declared independence from Spain, in a document that, ironically, in light of what was to come, drew elements from the American Declaration of Independence.
216 The Forgotten War Part 5
Pershing was an instructor at West Point when the war broke out, and quickly sought to rejoin his old unit, the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry.