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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. In action at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on December 4, 1899, American forces under Lieutenant Colonel James Parker valiantly fought their way into the city. The enemy counter-attacked, for throughout the dark night, Lieutenant Colonel Parker led his men in defense of their small garrison against repeated and savage assault by overwhelming enemy forces in fighting that was at close quarters and done in utter darkness. |
| James Parker graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1876. |
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