ABC7 is saluting WWII veteran Don Fosburg, who was on the USS Missouri 75 years ago when the Japanese formally surrendered to end the war. LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- He's a 94-year-old veteran with ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and ...

UPPER PROVIDENCE — On Sept. 2, 1945, a 19-year-old Ed Buffman was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for one of the most important events of World War II, the Signing of the Surrender, putting an ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...

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At the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, there is a framed copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. It was a donation to the museum by an old sailor who was there for the proceedings some 80 years ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Eighty years ago today, Japan formally surrendered to Allied powers, bringing an end to World War II. Among the thousands who witnessed the historic moment was a young sailor from ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful tribute to the heroes of America's Greatest Generation, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during WWII, Missouri played crucial roles in WWII, the ...