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Commodore George Dewey sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War in 1898 to engage the Spanish fleet stationed there. His mission was part of a broader strategy to eliminate Spanish naval power in the Pacific and support the liberation of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule. Dewey's decisive victory at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, was pivotal in establishing U.S. influence in the region.

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