Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 1/24/2011
Filipinos fighting the United State Army resorted to making their own firearms. This handmade gun harkens back to the earliest of firearms, the hand cannon. The gun was muzzle-loaded and the charge was set off by applying fire to a touchhole in the side of the barrel.
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Enlisted soldier's uniform. The brown, doughy color of the uniform led to these soldiers being re...
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