Sixty years ago today on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese surrendered, ending World War II. It was a triumphant moment. It was a humbling moment. It was a moment of relief after years of fighting, death and destruction. As Gen. Douglas MacArthur and military officials from Great Britain, Australia and Russia took the unconditional surrender, everyone knew that the world changed in a day and because of the fight that had just occurred. The end of World War II created a new world. The war brought technologies that helped build a world we know today. It...