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From the spring of 1898 until early the following year, most battles in the Philippine Islands were sporadic ambushes of small American patrols in the jungles, as the U.S. Army sought to root out the rebel forces of Emilio Aguinaldo. Colonel James Franklin Bell was leading the 36th Infantry near in an engagement with Filipino insurgent forces at Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands on September 9, 1899. Advancing at the head of his regiment and under fire from enemy forces in a concealed bamboo thicket, with Lieutenant Colonel William Grove at his side he courageously charged seven enemy. The two officers, armed only with pistols, forced the enemy captain and two privates to quickly surrender. Both Colonel Bell and Lieutenant Colonel Grove received Medals of Honor in this action. |
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James Franklin Bell graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1878. |
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