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 ...
With the Japanese surrender at hand, the world’s attention centered on the admiral’s flagship, the USS Missouri, chosen as ...
Jack Reed held a special medal ceremony at ... by the curator of the USS Missouri Memorial. He plans to participate in the 80th anniversary commemoration of the surrender on Sept.
But then I consider the 70th anniversary of V-J Day, Aug. 15, and, more revealing, the formal Japanese surrender ceremony held 18 days later on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri. It is a ...
2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It’s known as V-J Day ...