NARA But to a young Douglas MacArthur entering West Point in 1899 ... it required a new kind of soldier. Pershing rightfully emerged as the most celebrated American hero of the war.

the revolutionaries were still inflicting deaths and severe wounds on the American soldiers. When the rainy season started to ...

Once the Philippine-American War commenced in February 1899, the town of Macabebe was ... native forces would reduce the number of American soldiers needed so far from home. Second, native troops ...