The sailors who helped win WWII: Surrender on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63)
Sacrifice for Peace by Adm. William K. Lescher, Vice Chief of Naval Operations | 02 September 2020 TOKYO (Sept. 2, 1945) Sailors aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) watch the signing of the Instrument of Surrender, Sept. 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. Japanese Foreign Ministry representatives Katsuo Okazaki and Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Richard …