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Balangiga controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1901

    Balangiga Encounter and Samar reprisals

    The attack on Company C and the subsequent American punitive campaign in Samar remain controversial because of the scale of military retaliation and reported harm to civilians.

  2. 1901

    Removal and disputed custody of the Balangiga Bells

    The removal of three church bells during the war and their retention in the United States for more than a century generated a long-running cultural-property and historical-restitution dispute.