In February 1991, during the opening days of the Persian Gulf War, USS Missouri was bombarding Iraqi positions near Kuwait ...

The USS Missouri is not being reactivated. Somebody on social media misused the term battleship and sent the rest of internet ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — U.S. Navy veteran Michael Broussard proudly recalls his service aboard what he calls "the world's most famous battleship", the USS Missouri. "I was 18 years old when I got on ...

Rhode Island native John DeLeo served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is one of the last living witnesses to the ...

The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ...

Gee was a witness to history when the South Dakota was anchored near the USS Missouri. He was there as the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II 79 years ago. “I could watch what was going on.