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"In a moment, something rose up slowly in front of us. It was a Filipino. I yelled “Halt!” and made it pretty loud, for I was accustomed to challenging the officer of the guard in approved military style. I challenged him with another loud “halt!” Then he shouted “halto!” to me. Well, I thought the best thing to do was to shoot him."

William W. Grayson

The Philippine-American War was fought between 1899 to 1902, and was a result of our forefathers' refusal to accept U.S. occupation. The war was officially declared over in 1902 (by the Americans, unsurprisingly), but resistance continued until 1913. We didn't stand a chance, but still, we stood.

The photograph* above was taken by an American, most probably a US Army soldier or employee. It was captioned "Insurgent dead just as they fell in the trench near Santa Ana, February 5th. The trench was circular, and the picture shows but a small portion."

Insurgents.




*Image taken from Wikipedia. Wikipedia lists the image's source as an unidentified American soldier or Army employee; and lists the image publication date as 02/05/1899. It is also available from the Archival Research Catalog of the (USA) National Archives and Records Administration under the ARC Identifier 524389. Image has been declared in the public domain in the United States.