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  • Ceremony Aboard Mighty Mo Marks WWII 66th Anniversary

    09/02/2011 10:41:41 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 15 replies
    kitv.com ^ | 2 September 2011 | unattributed
    PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A ceremony held aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial remembers the historic day 66 years ago when Japan formally surrendered to the allied nations, ending World War II. In the shadow of the Mighty Mo's guns, the patriotic ceremony spoke of war and peace. It was on this day 66 years earlier that Gen. Douglas MacArthur and representatives from 10 nations assembled aboard the USS Missouri to accept Imperial Japan's formal, unconditional surrender, ending World War II. Art Albert witnessed the surrender as a young sailor aboard the Missouri. "Well, at 18 years old, all I could...