PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Island News) — On Veterans Day, the decks of the USS Missouri became a place of remembrance and ...

When World War II officially ended, Butler resident Bernie Haley was there. Haley, who died at age 58 in 1973, was aboard the ...

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 ...

Rhode Island native John DeLeo, now 99, joined the Navy at age 17 to serve in World World II. DeLeo served on the USS Missouri, which supported the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. DeLeo witnessed ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In a historic moment marking the end of World War II, Japanese officials signed the formal instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. It marked the end of a ...