The ceremony wasn’t just about signing papers — it was about making history clear. From holding it aboard the USS Missouri (named after President Truman’s home state), to placing General MacArthur front and center, the U.S. designed the moment to show both solemnity and strength. 80 years later, those choices remind us how carefully nations shape the story of war and peace. From our documentary series: Surrender on the USS Missouri. #WWII #History #WWIIHistory #WWII80 #WWIIAnniversary #USS_Misso

USS Missouri (BB-63) was an Iowa-class fast battleship of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1944. Nicknamed the “Mighty Mo,” she is most famous as the site of Japan’s formal surrender on September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II. Missouri served in the Pacific during the final campaigns of the war, providing naval gunfire support at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She later saw action in the Korean War and, after modernization with guided-missile systems, in Operation Desert St

The Formal Japanese Surrender took place onboard USS Missouri (BB-63), which was chosen for being named for the President's home state and utilized as Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey's flagship for the last weeks of the war. On September 2, 1945, the battleship flew the American flag that had been flown over the Nation's Capitol on December 7, 1941. On a bulkhead near the ceremony, Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 flag was displayed from the Treaty of Japan. 🇺🇸🇯🇵 The ceremony lasted half an ho