BALANGIGA 2018

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INTRODUCTION
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THE WAR
Photo shows American soldiers of the 20th Kansas in trenches in the
Philippines during the insurrection.  (Library of Congress)

20TH KANSAS
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BALANGIGA
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DIORAMA 49: SURPRISE ATTACK AT BALANGIGA (TOP LEFT)

DIORAMA 50: AMERICAN REPRISALS IN SAMAR (BOTTOM RIGHT)
FROM THE AYALA MUSEUM DIORAMA EXPERIENCE. MAPS FROM
THE SUGAR SUN SERIES.
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WARRING SYMBOLS
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THE BELLS IN WYOMING (US AIR FORCE PHOTO)

KEY BOOKS BY FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE BALANGIGA
RESEARCH GROUP: ROLANDO O. BORRINAGA AND BOB COUTTIE
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GETTING THE BELLS

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Emil Flohri cartoon from a 1900 edition of Judge Magazine.
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FORWARD POSITION
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THE USS DECATUR AND A CHINESE DESTROYER (STARS AND STRIPES);

THE OVERLAPPING TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SPRATLY ISLANDS (VOICE OF
AMERICA); PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR JOSE ROMUALDEZ AND DEFENSE
SECRETARY JAMES MATTIS (AIR FORCE).
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