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Bells Of Balangiga Mark Roberts reports from Cheyenne, Wyoming on a controversy surrounding the Bells of Balangiga (bala-NEE-gah). The Philippine government has asked the United States to return two church bells taken from the island of Samar by American troops in the early part of this century. The bells - now at the F.E. Warren Air Force base in Wyoming - honor men who fought Philippine guerillas in the insurrection that followed the Spanish-American War.

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Mark Roberts reports from Cheyenne, Wyoming on a controversy surrounding the Bells of Balangiga (bala-NEE-gah). The Philippine government has asked the United States to return two church bells taken from the island of Samar by American troops in the early part of this century. The bells - now at the F.E. Warren Air Force base in Wyoming - honor men who fought Philippine guerillas in the insurrection that followed the Spanish-American War.