Original map of Samar, from RADM Dan McKinnon collection
Original map of Samar “from reconnaissance notes made by officers of 2nd & 3rd battalions,
43th Infantry, U. S. Volunteers” used in 1901 for the pacification of Samar. Balangiga is at the
bottom right on the coast; Tacloban is on the island of Leyte on the left. Communications in 1901
between major units on the coasts was by boat. From the writer’s collection.