Post by Karl Welteke on Jul 11, 2024 16:33:45 GMT 8
Balangiga Bells 2024-05-22
On my scheduled visit to SE Samar I also visited Balangiga again, infamous for the Balangiga Massacre and famous for the return of the Bells. I’m interested in history and had the great fortune to witness the return of the bells on the14th of Dec. 2018 in Balangiga. And I had a personal reason, believe it or not; my Filipino family has a very distance in-law relative there.
I brought a nephew along and we arrived in the evening after an about 7 hour drive from Port Allen in NW Samar. We found a nice hotel and on the next day we made our rounds. I’m posting these pictures from this visit. We had the very great help from the Balangiga Tourist Officer.
This forum presentation has 16 images, if you are interested; I posted 38 images into this Photobucket album:
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/22aa2570-e585-4600-9088-d169a0d2d31b?field=TITLE&desc=asc
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#01 to #09 pictures are of the Balangiga Church, the returned Balangiga Church Bells with my nephew and I standing in front of them. On the other side of the church is a memorial cemetery for the fallen US Soldiers and the Filipino Resistance Fighters who died during and from this event
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/01_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#01 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/03_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#03 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/04_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#04 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/01_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#05 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/08_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#08 pic.
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#10 and #11 images are my search for a very distant relative. .My visit to Balangiga went very smooth; right is the Tourist Officer who guided me. Believe it or not, I actually got a distant in-law relative in Balangiga, he is a retired teacher but is still helping out teaching, and we met him at the school. His name is Crisologo L. Ramasasa, and he put the history of the Incident on paper and gave me a copy, which I’m holding in hand. I will make his story available at a later date.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/10_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#10 pic.
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#12 and #13 images are of carrying out my goal to find the grave of Bob Couttie The Balangiga Tourist Officer, standing in the middle, found a person who was present at the funeral, the person at left, so, off we went. The grave of Bob Couttie has the red tiles, it is behind our guide! I made a separate album for this event.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/12_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#12 pic.
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#14 to #25 images are of the Balangiga Incident Museum in the Balangiga Square and under the Balangiga Memorial. It has the tourist Officer, my nephew in the pictures and many of the different displays in the museum.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/14_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#14 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/17_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#17 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/23_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#23 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/25_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
------------------------------------------------------------------------#25 pic.
#26 to #34 images are the Balangiga Square with its buildings, the Information Marker Plaques including the plaques with the know names of the Filipino and the American Soldiers. Note, the tablet of names has icon markers to indicate who was killed in action or wounded.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/26_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#26 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/29_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#28 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/32_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#32 pic.
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#35 to #37 images are of my distant in-law relative Crisologo L. Ramasasa and us getting together on the Balangiga Beach which has several beach places to sit and order snacks and food. I came prepared I had a lot of pictures of his brother and his family which I had many of because his brother and family in Olongapo are close to my family or Tribe.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/35_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#35 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/37_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#37 pic.
On my scheduled visit to SE Samar I also visited Balangiga again, infamous for the Balangiga Massacre and famous for the return of the Bells. I’m interested in history and had the great fortune to witness the return of the bells on the14th of Dec. 2018 in Balangiga. And I had a personal reason, believe it or not; my Filipino family has a very distance in-law relative there.
I brought a nephew along and we arrived in the evening after an about 7 hour drive from Port Allen in NW Samar. We found a nice hotel and on the next day we made our rounds. I’m posting these pictures from this visit. We had the very great help from the Balangiga Tourist Officer.
This forum presentation has 16 images, if you are interested; I posted 38 images into this Photobucket album:
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/22aa2570-e585-4600-9088-d169a0d2d31b?field=TITLE&desc=asc
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#01 to #09 pictures are of the Balangiga Church, the returned Balangiga Church Bells with my nephew and I standing in front of them. On the other side of the church is a memorial cemetery for the fallen US Soldiers and the Filipino Resistance Fighters who died during and from this event
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/01_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#01 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/03_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#03 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/04_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#04 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/01_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#05 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/08_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#08 pic.
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#10 and #11 images are my search for a very distant relative. .My visit to Balangiga went very smooth; right is the Tourist Officer who guided me. Believe it or not, I actually got a distant in-law relative in Balangiga, he is a retired teacher but is still helping out teaching, and we met him at the school. His name is Crisologo L. Ramasasa, and he put the history of the Incident on paper and gave me a copy, which I’m holding in hand. I will make his story available at a later date.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/10_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#10 pic.
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#12 and #13 images are of carrying out my goal to find the grave of Bob Couttie The Balangiga Tourist Officer, standing in the middle, found a person who was present at the funeral, the person at left, so, off we went. The grave of Bob Couttie has the red tiles, it is behind our guide! I made a separate album for this event.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/12_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#12 pic.
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#14 to #25 images are of the Balangiga Incident Museum in the Balangiga Square and under the Balangiga Memorial. It has the tourist Officer, my nephew in the pictures and many of the different displays in the museum.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/14_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#14 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/17_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#17 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/23_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#23 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/25_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
------------------------------------------------------------------------#25 pic.
#26 to #34 images are the Balangiga Square with its buildings, the Information Marker Plaques including the plaques with the know names of the Filipino and the American Soldiers. Note, the tablet of names has icon markers to indicate who was killed in action or wounded.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/26_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#26 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/29_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#28 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/32_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#32 pic.
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#35 to #37 images are of my distant in-law relative Crisologo L. Ramasasa and us getting together on the Balangiga Beach which has several beach places to sit and order snacks and food. I came prepared I had a lot of pictures of his brother and his family which I had many of because his brother and family in Olongapo are close to my family or Tribe.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/35_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#35 pic.
![](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i265/PI-Sailor/37_Balangiga_Bells_240522.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
#37 pic.