WWII veteran passes symbolic flag to fellow veteran, preserving history

Boothroy entrusted the flag to his longtime friend and fellow veteran, Dickie Kiser, a Vietnam War veteran dedicated to preserving military history. "That flag by any stretch of imagination is not ...
The Garden Island

New ‘Pathway to Peace’ exhibit opens at USS Missouri Memorial

A day of profound global significance — the formal end of World War II — occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what signaled a hard-won ...
Hawaii News Now

Ceremony held at USS Battleship Missouri to commemorate 80 years since WWII ended

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Battleship Missouri Memorial marked 80 years since the of the end of World War II on Tuesday. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the USS Missouri in ...
Military.com

A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender

A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender A peace treaty effecting the end of the second World War is being signed aboard the USS Missouri. Admiral Chester Nimitz of ...