Balangiga massacre
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The Balangiga massacre was an incident in which the residents of the town of Balangiga on the Philippines island of Samar conducted a surprise attack on an occupying unit of the US 9th Infantry, killi
Members of Company C, 9th US Infantry Regiment posing with Mayor Valeriano Abanador and another town official
Battle of Balangiga monument
Battle of Balangiga memorial marker
Statue of Valeriano Abanador, Balangiga police chief during the Battle of Balangiga
Jacob H. Smith
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General Jacob Hurd Smith was a U.S. Army officer notorious for ordering indiscriminate retaliation on the island of Samar in response to what is called the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–Ame
Balangiga massacre
…Some Filipino historians have asserted that the term Balangiga Massacre more appropriately refers to actions ordered in retaliation by American General Jacob H. Smith during the pacification of Samar that resulted in an estimated 2,000 Filipino civilians killed and over 200 homes burned. The battle was a military…
Smith, c. 1910s
Smith with Major General Adna Chaffee in Tacoblan, Leyte, 1902
The San Francisco Call, 26 April 1902