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Since opening in January 1999, the Battleship Missouri Memorial has attracted more than 10-million visitors from around the world with a fascinating tour experience showcasing the USS Missouri's ...
Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these decommissioned behemoths be reactivated?
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 ...
Texas-based RiserUnited, founded on Flag Day in 2024, gives shoppers the opportunity to "wear their values" through patriotic apparel that honors the American flag.
A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot preparing to die for his country.
Marines give a seven gun salute at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and the pilot’s burial at sea.
On Friday the USS Missouri Memorial Association marked the 80th anniversary of the event with a ceremony on the ship that brought Callaghan’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren to Hawaii ...
Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his fighter plane into the American vessel.
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 killed the pilot, but ...
Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved with the Battle of Okinawa when kamikaze pilot Setsuo Ishino slammed his plane into the Mighty Mo’s side.