COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, and HONOLULU, Aug. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of the upcoming 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Battleship Missouri Memorial and Wreaths Across America ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful tribute to the heroes of America's Greatest Generation, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As we prepare to celebrate the 80 th Commemoration of the end of World War II, we honor the sacrifice of the millions of service members and ...
At top, Lee Broussard, middle, former USS MIssouri crewman and World War II veteran, shook hands Sunday with Kahu Kordell Kekoa as fellow crewman Edgar Buffman stands at left during a ceremony for the ...
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 ...
New interactive exhibition honors WWII Sailors of the Mighty Mo and commemorates the Japanese surrender ceremony held aboard the ship on September 2, 1945 Pathway to Peace allows us to tell the ...
HONOLULU (Island News) — The Battleship Missouri Memorial will offer free admission to all Hawai‘i public and private school teachers on Saturday, May 24, 2025 in celebration of Teacher Appreciation ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...
RELATED PHOTO GALLERY A day of profound global significance—the formal end of World War II—occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what ...