As America’s first brutal war in Asia winds down a US Infantry Company is almost wiped out on the island of Samar. The Balangiga Massacre seemed to be the 9/11 of its day leading to a controversial campaign to finally crush the will of a people fighting for their own independence. Now a 10 year research project uncovers what really happened, the human story of the complex pressures that led a peaceful townspeople to suddenly turn on a heavily-armed infantry company, and reveals lessons still relevant to today’s counterinsurgency challenges.
