Since the Iraq war started the resurgence of studying the Filipino American was emphasized in the American colleges, esp. those targeting future officers. When I took American Military History in college I was pretty proud that they actually mentioned it quiet a lot (me being Waray and my family from Jaro). But I think a lot of times the Waray insurgency is often left forgotten; majority of the times the Warays are only depicted, unlike the Tagalogs and the Moros, in either Balangiga or being slaughtered in Samar "howling wilderness". Actually the Pulahan rebellion was quiet big during the time, since they were one of the few still fighting the Americans after 1902. So here's to the forgotten...

http://www.geocities.com/ebjustimbaste/ablen.html

there was a nicer more professional site on Ablen and the Pulahans a few years back when I wrote the report, but it's not up anymore.

http://www.geocities.com/rolborr/pulahan.html

also if you're interested there's tons of old archived New York Times articles on them online. I don't know if they're still up but it was a few years ago when I had a subscription online.

I only knew about the Balangiga massacre through stories told by people from Leyte who settled in Mindanao and different people have different versions.

Whenever we talk about ghost stories, Samar and Antique are the places that carry the most number of Aswang stories. It was during these stories when I learned about the crying of babies and kids and families whose souls were supposed to be "nagkondenar" for being killed violently by American soldiers.

The Balangiga massacre, as far as I know is never mentioned in Philippine history books. I never encountered it.

It's sad that the bravery of those Warays who died is never given proper recognition. Almost all Pinoys don't know about the Balangiga. And those who might happen to have heard about it, think of it as some sort of a fairy tale, since the story of Balangiga is grouped together with ghost stories.