The Philippine-American war took place in what year? What year was SPAM invented in? Is #1 after #2?
Philippine–American War
Would a veteran of the Phillippine-American War come home craving SPAM?
War veterans are often used to the rations they eat during war and crave similar items at home. The Philippine-American war took place before World War II, in 1899. Soldiers in World War II were given SPAM in their rations.  SPAM was released in 1937.
Armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States