And then there was the business with a flag. Japan’s surrender would take place in Tokyo Bay but miles south of the city of Tokyo. The Missouri’s location was chosen because at that very spot ...

With the Japanese surrender at hand ... Halsey’s Missouri entered Tokyo Bay on August 29, 1945, just over 92 years after Perry’s Mississippi docked at that same port. While Perry’s visit ...

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. It’s known as V-J Day ...

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark ...

He served in the Pacific where he witnessed the surrender in Tokyo Bay and the emotional return of prisoners of war. Last ...