![Philippine and US Navy ships conducting exercises.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2.png?itok=UkmhBplE)
Philippine and US Navy Vessels
![President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with current President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/President_Aquino_with_Obama-2.jpg?itok=q6EIqXDH)
President Aquino and President Obama
![The monument to General MacArthur's return to the Philippines.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/zIMG_1040.jpg?itok=_kfvSHlk)
General MacArthur Memorial
The monument to General MacArthur's return to the Philippines, located in Palo, Leyte. Photo by author.
![In this 1899 political cartoon, Uncle Sam attempts to restrain a bucking mule, the 'Philippines,' while tied to the tree of imperialism.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Philippine-American_War.png?itok=NvTMz3d_)
1899 U.S.-Philippine Relations
![A sunset over the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Mui_Ne4.jpg?itok=tYTLBInG)
South China Sea/ West Philippine Sea
![Philippine and US Navy ships conducting exercises in the South China Sea, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3.png?itok=6a5nfwRr)
Philippine and US Navy Ships
![The surrender of Fil-American troops on Bataan in April 1942.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/March_of_Death_-_Resting_02.jpg?itok=5b1CIlIv)
The March from Bataan, 1942
![A depiction of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War of 1898.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/USS_Olympia_art_NH_91881-KN_cropped.jpg?itok=9fZPM1Z5)
Battle of Manila Bay, 1898
![President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/800px-Philippine_President_Manuel_Quezon_broadcasts_to_home_folks.jpg?itok=QUKxgJyo)
President Manuel Quezon
![President Ferdinand Marcos and wife, Imelda Marcos with President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, 1966.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1024px-Marcos_visit_Johnson_1966.jpg?itok=PstZWxIy)
Presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Lyndon B. Johnson
![This iconic photograph is taken along the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) during the People Power Revolution.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/EDSA_Revolution_pic1-2.jpg?itok=MC5IEw-A)
People Power Revolution,1986