John Henry Asendorf in uniform The War Diary of John Henry Asendorf
The Story of a Pennsylvania Volunteer during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and the Philippine American War

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went up in Flames befor this Fire was under Control another one started in the Coridoo Destrist near the Railroad Station this is Known to be a dangerous and tugh Place as soon as I could I went there hearing heavy firing and being not on Guard I joyned the 23th Regular wich had 2 Co. stationed ther to fight the Natives their wich allready send shots after shots into our Men I fought with them as long as my Ammunition lasted 50 Rounds of wich I Kept 5 - for my Quarters where a Mile from this Point Febr 23 Thursday 99
arrived at Headquarter at 6 o Clock and went after a load of Beef cut it up and started to the firing line with my Buddy Doc we drove the Bread Wagon again the gave us a hot Reseption from the Woods but none hit us while on our Way more Fires had started in different places after getting back to the City we had the News that hundreds of people had been killed during the previous Night also some chinese many little Insident
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