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 ...

RELATED PHOTO GALLERY A day of profound global significance—the formal end of World War II—occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been 80 years since the official end to World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Japanese officials boarded the USS Missouri to formally surrender to the Allied powers. The ship spent most of the past 70 ...

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 ...

Monday, Sept. 2, marks the 79th anniversary of V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, when Japan surrendered to Allied forces with the signing of the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender to ...

Japan Council (USJC) celebrated the start of its annual conference Tuesday night with a special, commemorative event.A reception took place at the USS Battleship Missouri, where Japan officially ...

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 ...

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 ...