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The Mighty Mo was part of the Pacific Fleet as the forces of Japan deployed kamikazes to sea when she was hit.
On April 9, 1942, the United States experienced its largest military surrender, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March.
Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. This is a prevailing consensus of the international community, including ...
Theodore White attended Japan’s formal surrender to Gen MacArthur.
The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are ...
Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.
Fuchida was the Imperial Japanese Navy commander of the ... Fuchida attended the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in September 1945 as a naval aviation staff officer.
He saw action in the Atlantic and Arctic convoys aboard destroyers HMS Bulldog and Dragon ... with Japan and accompanied the US flagship, battleship USS Missouri, for the Japanese surrender. Norrie ...