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 ...

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 ...

On April 9, 1942, the United States experienced its largest military surrender, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March.

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

The Missouri served in the Pacific theater in the assault on Iwo Jima and the Japanese islands before arriving in Tokyo Bay, where it hosted the signing of the Japanese surrender. The German ...

On Sept. 2 that year, Japanese government representatives signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay in a diplomatic action that formally ended the war.