The USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the four legendary Iowa-class battleships, is an icon of American naval might. -Many experts consider her the best battleship ever. -Commissioned in 1944, “The Big Mo” ...

Japanese Emperor Hirohito surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945. The surrender treaty was accepted and signed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Sept. 2, 1945 in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.

Narrated by country music star Luke Bryan, the documentary “Surrender on the USS Missouri” focuses on the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II.

He was only 24 on Sept. 2, 1945, when Japanese officials boarded the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay and signed the documents. "It was a tremendous emotional moment," Starnes told some 2,000 veterans ...

HONOLULU -- When Japanese military leaders climbed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, the battleship was packed with U.S. sailors eager to see the end of World War II.

The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted ...

67 years ago on September 2, 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War Two. This is a three minute Newsreel ...

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors man the rails as the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) passes Battleship Missouri Memorial during the official ceremony for the ...

Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, representing the United States, signed the Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay. Standing directly behind him were Gen ...

World War II officially came to an end not on Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945, but on VJ Day, with the signing of the surrender treaty with Japan on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in ...

Yes, it was hard to see the famed warship sail away. But it's hard to argue Pearl Harbor isn't the right place for the USS Missouri to be.