Missouri that history-making day of September 2, 1945, to witness Japan's formal surrender to the Allies. >> See the crowd, the people who come on? Yeah, look at this.

USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. ... The honorable battleship was notably the location where Japan’s final surrender took place.

Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. and Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, ending a global conflict that killed up to 60 million people.

As World War II neared its end, the USS Missouri played a pivotal role in US Navy history. The battleship supported the US invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and relentlessly bombarded Japan as ...

May 16—On Sept. 2, 1945, the deadliest war in history officially ended on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri with Japan's unconditional surrender. More than 3, 000 service members and ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. Notably, Japan’s ...

The surrender treaty was accepted and signed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Sept. 2, 1945 in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri. Brakefield was aboard the ship that day, one of hundreds of sailors ...

On August 14, 1945, Americans received the news that Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s surrender. By August 30, Gen. Douglas MacArthur was in Tokyo, and the American occupation of ...

In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey's USS "Missouri" ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — On Saturday, veterans gathered at the Veteran’s Center in Broken Arrow to remember Japan’s formal surrender in World War II 78 years ago. On Aug. 14, 1945, it was ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- World War II ended in the Pacific theater on Sept. 2, 1945, when Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu came aboard the USS Missouri, docked in Tokyo Bay, and signed an ...

Occurs aboard the USS Missouri in 1945. September 1, 2012 | Clip Of Japanese Surrender Signing on Missouri This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN. User Clip: Formal Surrender ...