PEARL HARBOR — This summer, I crossed a good chunk of the world's mightiest ocean to set foot on a longtime Bremerton treasure. OK, in truth, I was on vacation. But in my mind, no trip to the Hawaiian ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The 76th anniversary of the end of World War II was celebrated aboard the historic USS Missouri on Thursday, Sept. 2, atop the same decks where the most destructive war in history ...
HONOLULU – The Battleship Missouri Memorial has unveiled a new plaque onboard the USS Missouri to recognize the state’s efforts to preserve America’s last-commissioned battleship. Visitors can now ...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Missouri, also known as “Mighty Mo,” is a legendary battleship that played pivotal roles in World War II, the Korean War, and Operation Desert Storm. -It was the site ...
Visiting sailors discussed their service and life on a submarine Monday. During a tour of the Museum of Missouri Military History in Jefferson City, Cmdr. G. Andrews, commanding officer of the ...
Nearly 5,500 gallons of Sherwin-Williams coatings have been applied to the historic Battleship Missouri, which recently returned to her home pier near the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, ...
It’s been 80 years since the official end to World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Japanese officials boarded the USS Missouri to formally surrender to the Allied powers. The ship spent most of the past 70 ...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — 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 ...
ABC7 is saluting WWII veteran Don Fosburg, who was on the USS Missouri 75 years ago when the Japanese formally surrendered to end the war. LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- He's a 94-year-old veteran with ...
For more than two weeks in early 1950, the USS Missouri was stuck on the bottom of the lower Chesapeake Bay east of Fort Monroe and west of Thimble Shoal lighthouse. The massive battleship ran aground ...
The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...