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    The Pacification of Samar was an operation initiated by General Adna Chaffee following the Balangiga massacre. General hostilities in the Philippine-American...
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    provincial holiday in Eastern Samar to celebrate that victory. The action resulted in the order during the pacification of Samar "I want no prisoners. I wish...
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    Eastern Samar (Waray-Waray: Sinirangan Samar; Tagalog: Silangang Samar), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located...
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    Northern Samar (Waray: Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; Tagalog: Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a province in the Philippines...
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    ordered in retaliation by American General Jacob H. Smith during the pacification of Samar that resulted in an estimated 2,000 Filipino civilians killed and...
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    in Samar, Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith retaliated during the pacification of Samar by ordering an indiscriminate attack upon its inhabitants, openly...
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    and capital of the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 97,879 people. It is the commercial, educational...
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    The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine...
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  • During the Pacification of Samar, Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith ordered Major Littleton Waller, commanding officer of a battalion of 315 U.S. Marines...
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    Leyte–Samar Naval Base was a large United States Navy base in the Philippines on the Islands of Leyte, Samar and the San Pedro Bay. The base was built...
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    Municipality of Gamay (Waray: Bungto san Gamay; Tagalog: Bayan ng Gamay), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines....
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    Leyte (redirect from History of Leyte)
    the east, Leyte is somewhat "set back" from the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, Samar to the northeast and the Dinagat Islands to the southeast forming...
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    the Municipality of Biri (Waray: Bungto han Biri; Tagalog: Bayan ng Biri), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According...
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    Municipality of Allen (Waray: Bungto han Allen; Tagalog: Bayan ng Allen), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines....
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    engagements (the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño, and the Battle off Samar), as well as lesser actions...
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    of Borongan (Waray: Siyudad han Borongan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Borongan), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar,...
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    Spanish: idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to...
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  • The Samar Pacific Coastal Road is a road spanning Catubig and Palapag. The construction of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road began on May 13, 2018. It was...
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    Municipality of Dolores (Waray: Bungto han Dolores; Tagalog: Bayan ng Dolores), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines...
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    Maritime Southeast Asia (category Geography of Southeast Asia)
    Sea (Pacific Ocean) Samar Sea Sibuyan Sea Sulu Sea Visayan Sea Celebes Sea Bismarck Sea Coral Sea Solomon Sea Gulf of Thailand Gulf of Tonkin Bay of Bengal...
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    Municipality of Palapag (Waray: Bungto han Palapag; Tagalog: Bayan ng Palapag), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines...
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    has a population of 11,844 people. It is Northern Samar's boundary municipality with Eastern Samar on its coastal side in the Pacific. To the south, it...
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    Sea (Pacific Ocean) Samar Sea Sibuyan Sea Sulu Sea Visayan Sea Celebes Sea Bismarck Sea Coral Sea Solomon Sea Gulf of Thailand Gulf of Tonkin Bay of Bengal...
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    The Visayas is a group of islands in the central Philippines, the largest of which are: Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Siquijor, Biliran, and...
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    Guiuan (redirect from Guiuan, Eastern Samar)
    Municipality of Guiuan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. It constitutes the southeastern extremity of Samar Island...
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    San Pedro Bay (Philippines) (category Landforms of Samar (province))
    islands, by Samar the north and east and by Leyte on the east. It is connected by San Juanico Strait to Carigara Bay, an arm of the Samar Sea. The largest...
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    Samar Haj Hassan (Arabic: سمر حاج حسن), (born in 15 May, 1963) is a Jordanian politician and activist for women’s rights, a former member of the Jordanian...
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    the Japanese and the American fleets occurred off Samar, when Kurita's Center Force fell upon a group of American escort carriers accompanied only by destroyers...
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    San Bernardino Strait (category Landforms of Northern Samar)
    the Philippines, connecting the Samar Sea with the Philippine Sea. It separates the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon from Samar of Visayas. During an ill-fated expedition...
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  • Regiment (PS) was sent to Catubig, on the northern part of the island of Samar, to stop guerrillas from getting supplies from suspected sympathizers. This...
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