The USS Missouri, notable for its teak deck where the WWII surrender was signed, underwent a massive deck restoration that ...

Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...

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 ... to the Main Deck, the Below ...

As World War II neared its end, USS Missouri cemented its place ... When the atomic bombs forced Japan’s surrender, Missouri’s deck became the site where peace was officially sealed.

The hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who ...

Sailors improvised by quickly unbolting a larger substitute from the deck of a mess hall ... was too small for the voluminous surrender documents, so the USS Missouri sailors substituted one ...

On Friday the USS Missouri Memorial Association marked ... Japanese Emperor Hirohito would sign Japan’s surrender on the deck of that very ship. Over time, word of Callaghan’s show of respect ...