I've found two other sources for US Military in the Philippines using pigs to deter Muslim terrorists.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E0DF1139E333A25751C2A9649D946297D6CF&legacy=true
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/162096
And this as well.
http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/general-pershing-trump-bullets-dipped-in-pigs-blood-myth/
What is your point?
There is not one of these supporting the “killed49-released1” story.
It’s not too shocking that some pig stuff might be used to help control Moslems, but the fact remains none of them support what Trump originally stated and implied again today.
That looks stupid. He should stop wildly “tweeting” (sounds so gay, anyway) whatever the hell he wants shooting off his mouth; it’s a waste of time, anyway. What the hell does he do between all those tweets, campaign-like “rallies” and MaraLago visits, anyway?
It’s one of these things that probably did happen, but I would think Pershing and his descendants and maybe even the Army white washed the truth. It seemed that it is more than just a legend over there, it’s discussed as the truth.
We know for sure that his subordinates did this. Are there any examples of them being disciplined? No. I would think if you were in Pershing’s army, or Patton’s for that matter, you took your orders or your sense of orders, from their example.
If I’m betting, I’d say the story is probably true, or at least Pershing made these people back then think it was true.