Latest "Bells of Balangiga" stories

US military returns 3 disputed bells taken from Philippines as spoils of war

American troops took the bells in 1901 after machete-wielding Filipinos killed 48 U.S. troops in one of the U.S. Army's worst single-battle losses of that era.

4 years ago

Mattis visits F.E. Warren AFB to help send historic bells, an Army war trophy, back to the Philippines

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming Wednesday for a ceremony to mark the beginning of the process to return the Bells of Balangiga to the Philippines.

By Kent Miller and Colin Woodward

4 years ago