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USS Missouri’s Kamikaze Burial: Respect in the Midst of War
On April 11, 1945, a Kamikaze attack left the USS Missouri scorched but intact - along with the broken body of the pilot who struck her. In a gesture that shocked even the crew, Captain Callahan ...
On VJ Day she was 23, she said "On hearing of the Atom Bomb blasts we felt a huge feeling of relief, that at last the prisoners in Japanese hands would now get an earlier release than if the fighting ...
The USS Missouri had an astounding career over five decades and three wars – World War II, the Korean War, and Desert Storm – after which it was decommissioned and donated to the USS Missouri ...
The Missouri s bigger than all of us. Her story is so important, said Lee Collins, spokesman for the USS Missouri Memorial Association, the nonprofit group that runs the museum.
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