Balangiga Encounter and Bells During the Philippine-American War, on September 28, 1901,
Eugenio Daza, Area Commander of Southeastern Samar and Valeriano Abanador, the Balangiga's
pulahan chief, launched an attack on U.S. Army Company C
9th Infantry Regiment who were occupying Balangiga. With
Philippine Revolutionary Army forces and Balangiga villagers, killing 48 and wounding 22 of the 78 men of the unit, with only four escaping unhurt and four missing in action. The villagers captured about 100 rifles and 25,000 rounds of ammunition. An estimated 20 to 25 of them died in the fighting, with a similar number of wounded. in April 1902. , New York station of the 9th US Infantry Regiment at the turn of the 20th century. This bell was later moved to
Camp Red Cloud in Korea. (now
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base) 1910 In reprisal, General
Jacob H. Smith ordered that Samar be turned into a "howling wilderness" and that they shoot any Filipino male above ten years of age Smith and his primary subordinate, Major
Littleton Waller of the
United States Marine Corps, were both
court-martialled for illegal vengeance against the civilian population of Samar. Waller was acquitted of the charges. Smith was found guilty, admonished and retired from service, but charges were dropped shortly after. He was later hailed as a war hero. The bells were returned on December 11, 2018. ==Geography==