The USS Missouri was not "broken up." The battleship was decommissioned and donated to the non-profit USS Missouri Memorial Association, which cares for and operates the ship as the "Battleship Missouri Memorial" in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Its website is:
http://www.ussmissouri.org/Also, Emperor Hirohito did not sign the surrender document. Representatives of Japan's government and military did. You can find a list here: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8.htm
Correction by KIETH D, but I do think that it is a shame that all the info and hard work I put into this site, the one and only comment to come from anywhere is a correction, and perhaps it should be remembered what the essence of blogging is all about, but I suppose that is the way of the world today, small wonder its in the state it is.
What a beautiful image! But just a few clarifications:
ReplyDeleteThe USS Missouri was not "broken up." The battleship was decommissioned and donated to the non-profit USS Missouri Memorial Association, which cares for and operates the ship as the "Battleship Missouri Memorial" in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Its website is: http://www.ussmissouri.org/
Also, Emperor Hirohito did not sign the surrender document. Representatives of Japan's government and military did. You can find a list here: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8.htm