But within a year, those same naval guns were fired to slaughter poorly armed Filipino guerrillas fighting against the United States - as they had fought the Spanish - for their independence.
It was Dewey, of course, whose ships demolished Spain's Pacific fleet in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. conduct in the Philippines at center stage. George Dewey ( 'You may fire when you are ready, Gridley' ), is likely to put U.S. Impending debate over renovation of Union Square, with its grandiose cenotaph monument to Adm.
