Asia-Pacific Mediterranean and Middle East Other campaigns Coups Second Sino-Japanese War The United States Navy held a number of bases in the Philippines Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

In February 1945 the United States Armed Forces retook the Philippines in the Battle of Manila in 1945.

Starting in 1938 civilian contractors were used to build new facilities in Manila to prepare for World War II.

US Navy personnel, including doctors and some nurses, that did not get evacuated from the bases became POWs with the Troops in the Battle of Bataan.

In 1992 the United States turned Naval Base Subic Bay over to the Philippine Navy.