The Belangiga Massacre and Bells-- Part 1: What Was It?

In the last post I wrote about two of the Belangiga Bells of the Philippines being at Francis Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and being returned a few years ago.  I'd never heard of this, so....

From Wikipedia.

Date September  29, 1901

Place:  Belangiga, Samor, Philippines

Result:  Filipino victory

Also called the Belangiga Incident and Belangiga Conflict.  Took place during the Philippine-American War.

About 49 members of the U.S. 9th Infantry killed by the townspeople, allegedly aided by Filipino guerrillas.

It has been described as the worst massacre of U.S. troops since  the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

--Cooter