MANILA (Updated) -- The bells that were taken by American soldiers from a church in Balangiga, Eastern Samar are finally back in the Philippines after 117 years.

The three bells landed at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City around 10:30 a.m. onboard a US Air Force C-130, which departed from a United States military base in Okinawa, Japan.

Watch this video of the historic turnover Tuesday, December 11.