From the moment he heard about Pearl Harbor at 15 years old, Jim Sivelle said he knew he would join the service and “go fight.” The Polson resident, 99 years old, still has vivid memories of World War ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The 2025 Delaware County Veterans Day Parade grand marshal, Ed Buffman, 100, is a living legend, ...
This fall marked the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII with Japan's surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri - the last and largest battleship. The Missouri always was the symbol of all who served ...
When World War II officially ended, Butler resident Bernie Haley was there. Haley, who died at age 58 in 1973, was aboard the USS Missouri when it arrived in Tokyo Bay late in the summer of 1944.
This story was originally published in the Lewiston Tribune on Sept. 2, 2020. When World War II officially ended 75 years ago today, local farm boy Edwin Smith had one of the best seats in the house ...
At the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, there is a framed copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. It was a donation to the museum by an old sailor who was there for the proceedings some 80 years ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on the decks of the USS Missouri, formally bringing World War II to an end. Watch live as the historic day is remembered 80 years later with ...
In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the battleship USS Missouri — ...
MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — 80 years ago, Imperial Japan surrendered to the United States, marking the end of World War II, an event commemorated by the National World War II Museum this week. The ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Battleship Missouri Memorial marked 80 years since the of the end of World War II on Tuesday. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri in ...