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 The American flag is lowered and Philippine flag is raised during turnover of Naval Station Subic Bay. |
United States military bases were established in the Philippines on the basis of a treaty signed after the conclusion of World War II and the recognition of Philippine independence by the US. The bases established under that treaty were discontinued in 1991 and 1992, after the Senate of the Philippines narrowly rejected a new treaty which would have allowed some of the bases to continue for another ten years.[1] This article summarizes the collective history of those bases.