Colleen Shogan
speaker
377 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 15 Aug
Colleen Shogan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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One battered Spanish cruiser raises anchor and surges out of the bay at full steam.
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It isn't making a run for freedom, though.
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Instead, it heads right for the Olympia, trying to bring the American flagship into range of its guns.
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But it doesn't make it.
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All six warships in Dewey's squadron concentrate their fire on this attacker.
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Shell after shell tears into the Spanish vessel, punching holes through its hull and funnel.
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Listing heavily, the cruiser eventually abandons its hopeless charge and limps back into the bay.
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By late morning, the Spanish flagship and most of the rest of the fleet are all in flames.
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The United States has won.
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The scale of the victory is astonishing.
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Not a single American sailor has been killed by enemy action.
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The only fatality is a crewman who suffered a heart attack while battling a smokestack fire.
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Otherwise, Dewey's fleet has emerged virtually unscathed.
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And over the following days, US landing parties secure key Spanish positions around the entrance to the bay.
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They encounter little resistance, and the strategic waterway is now firmly under American control.
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But sitting at the head of the bay, the city of Manila itself remains in Spanish hands.
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This colonial capital is garrisoned by thousands of troops.
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Dewey knows that he doesn't have enough marines to take the city, so he cables Washington for reinforcements.
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But the Americans and the Spanish are not the only players in this conflict.
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The Filipino people have ambitions of their own, and they have little intention of trading one colonial ruler for another.
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