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It was the turn of the 20th century, and in the Philippine Islands, the fledgling Philippine Republic waited to be crushed by the overwhelming superiority of the American colonial forces.
But John McClain, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, dies and finds himself in the body of the governor of a remote Philippine province in the year 1898. Initially reluctant to take up arms against his former country and skeptical of the chances of success, he eventually decides to fight for the Republic.
Now living his second life as Martín Lardizábal, politico-military governor of Marinduque and armed with modern military knowledge, he will change the course of the Philippine-American War.

Republic Reborn: Against the Stars and Stripes

Eduardo survived the battle unscathed. The helmsman soon busied himself examining the Moro warship we had captured. The soldiers said several pirates had managed to board the ship, but since it would take at least twenty men to row it with any real speed, they immediately gave up on escaping once the warning shots were fired.

There were four swivel brass cannons—two of which could have been used against Sargento Guzman's group—installed on the ship. But perhaps in their shock, none of the pirates thought to operate them. And even if they had, it would take at least a minute to load one—too much time to be standing still against anyone with basic marksmanship training.

Eduardo told me it was a Garay warship, though it was undermanned. It could accommodate up to eighty men aboard.

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