PEARL HARBOR (AP) — U.S. officials gathered on a decommissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end. ADVERTISING PEARL HARBOR (AP) — U.S. officials gathered on a decommissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor to
PEARL HARBOR (AP) — U.S. officials gathered on a decommissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end.
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and U.S. Rep. Mark Takai of Hawaii joined U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott Swift at a ceremony Wednesday on the deck of the USS Missouri.
The battleship’s decks are where Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Army Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed documents to formally surrender Sept. 2, 1945.
The Missouri was anchored in Tokyo Bay at the time.
Allied leaders including Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Adm. Chester Nimitz also signed the surrender documents.
The ship now is a museum called the Battleship Missouri Memorial. It’s moored at a spot overlooking where the USS Arizona sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
