UPPER PROVIDENCE — On Sept. 2, 1945, a 19-year-old Ed Buffman was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for one of the most important events of World War II, the Signing of the Surrender, putting an ...
ABC7 is saluting WWII veteran Don Fosburg, who was on the USS Missouri 75 years ago when the Japanese formally surrendered to end the war. LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- He's a 94-year-old veteran with ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- James Starnes will never forget the day World War II officially ended with Japan's formal surrender. He was only 24 on Sept. 2, 1945, when Japanese officials boarded the USS ...
With World War Two over, the legendary USS Missouri was supposed to be decommissioned and abandoned forever after hosting ...
When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its tenure ...
HONOLULU (Island News) -- A ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 2024 marked 79 years since World War II ended. The Mighty Mo now serves as a museum which urges the next generation to learn ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Eighty years ago today, Japan formally surrendered to Allied powers, bringing an end to World War II. Among the thousands who witnessed the historic moment was a young sailor from ...