If war broke out,it said, he was to attack the Spanish naval force in the Philippines.

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Wiggins served as Army staff sergeant in the Philippines and Japan during World War II.

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After the Philippines' supportive role in World War II, many Filipinos were also promised U.S. citizenship, and that boosted migration.

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

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