Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Photograph from the Army Signal ...
PEARL HARBOR, HI. (KFVS) - On Tuesday, the Battleship Missouri Memorial announced the completion of the main deck teak restoration project aboard the historic USS Missouri. According to a release, ...
Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Missouri, also known as “Mighty Mo,” is a legendary battleship that played pivotal roles in World War II, the Korean War, and Operation Desert Storm. -It was the site ...
Japanese Foreign Minister Namoru Shigemitsu signs surrender terms as Allied officers watch on Sept. 2, 1945, on the USS Missouri moored in Tokyo Bay. (HUM Images/Getty Images) It was — quite possibly ...
Eighty years ago today, on Sept. 2, 1945, on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Allied powers gathered to witness the surrender of Imperial Japan, ending World War II. Generals ...
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th ...