The Balangiga massacre was an incident in which the residents of the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar conducted a surprise attack on an occupying...
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Balangiga (IPA: [ˌbalaŋˈhɪga]), officially the Municipality of Balangiga (Waray: Bungto han Balangiga; Tagalog: Bayan ng Balangiga), is a 4th class municipality...
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The Balangiga bells (Spanish: Campanas de Balangiga; Tagalog: Mga Batingaw ng Balangiga; Waray: Lingganay han Balangiga) are three church bells that were...
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Eugenio Daza (section Battle of Balangiga)
one of the earliest advocates for the return of the Balangiga Bells. His 1935 memoir on the Balangiga Encounter aided in their eventual return. Daza was...
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Balangiga: Howling Wilderness is a 2017 Filipino film directed by Khavn De La Cruz and one of the circle competition entries to the 5th QCinema International...
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Samar was an operation initiated by General Adna Chaffee following the Balangiga massacre. General hostilities in the Philippine-American War had largely...
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Company C 9th Infantry Regiment who were occupying Balangiga. This action, commonly known as the Balangiga massacre, brought one of the only Filipino victories...
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Philippine–American War. Some sources credit him as the strategist of the Battle of Balangiga, in which more than 50 American troopers were ambushed and killed. Lukbán...
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Eastern Samar (section Balangiga Encounter)
Southeastern Samar during the Philippine-American War. Organizer of the Balangiga Encounter. Rep. of Samar's 3rd District to the First Philippine Legislature...
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Marcelino Libanan (section Balangiga bells)
representative of Eastern Samar, Libanan signed a bill for the return of the Balangiga bells from the US Government. The bells eventually returned in 2018. In...
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