My husband proudly served in the Navy. Any U.S. Pacific sailor of the past 120 years likely went ashore in the Philippines, served with sailors of Philippine descent, and appreciates that we had a unique relationship with this country. From Admiral Dewey’s defeat of Spain in Manila in 1898 through 1946, we administered the Philippines as a colony; I am …
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