Origins of the Sunday Comics by Peter Maresca for August 28, 2020

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    Joy Sabl Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Here’s a find: a fictionalized re-enactment filmed by Thomas Edison (!) of Colonel Funston swimming the Bagbag (sometimes, Baglag) river, Bulacan, Philippines (referenced in panel 7).

    https://www.loc.gov/item/99407593/

    Funston (as Brigadier General) was also involved in covering up US atrocities (the shooting of unarmed prisoners) at the battle of Caloocan (panel 8).

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