Admiral George Dewey commanded the Pacific Fleet.

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Shortly afterward, Commodore George Dewey returned the exiled Filipino revolutionary Emilio Aguinaldo to the islands.

NEWYORKER: The Water Cure

True, the United States Navy under Admiral George Dewey had ousted Spain from the Philippines in the Spanish-American War of 1898.

NPR: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of U.S. Imperialism

In the first significant action, on May 1st, Commodore George Dewey's small squadron destroyed an antiquated Spanish fleet in a morning's shelling in Manila Bay, in the distant Philippines.

ECONOMIST: THE WAR OF 1898