The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...

Local Veteran Ed Buffman was invited to speak aboard the USS Missouri in Hawaii on the 80th anniversary of the official ...

Shaker Heights – Jack Sague has a little secret for all the Annapolis guys who've seen the Naval Academy Museum display depicting the September 2, 1945, signing of Japan's surrender aboard the USS ...

Key Point: All of the late American battleship designs combined a grim practicality with a streamlined aesthetic. Because of their length and narrow lines, the Iowas were the pinnacle of the effort.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: USS Missouri entered service in June 1944 and joined Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher’s Task Force 58 (fast carrier task force) in January 1945. Missouri’s primary mission ...

In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey’s USS “Missouri” ...

Editors note: On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and many other U.S. and Allied officers accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War II on the USS Missouri. Here ...

Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, representing the United States, signed the Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay. Standing directly behind him were Gen.

A day of profound global significance — the formal end of World War II — occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri ...

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 ...

Sept. 2, 1945, was the day Japan formally surrendered to the Allies. It marked the official end of World War II. The ceremony happened on the deck of an American battleship, the USS Missouri, moored ...