80th Anniversary of End of World War II Commemorated at Pearl Harbor | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

80th anniversary of end of World War II commemorated at Pearl Harbor | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the battleship USS Missouri — the ship where Japanese diplomats signed the unconditional surrender that finally ended the war.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Honors 80th Anniversary of WWII

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, delivered keynote remarks at the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II Commemoration Ceremony pierside at the Battleship Missouri Memorial at Ford Island, Hawaii, Sept. 2, 2025.

80th Anniversary of the End of World War II

SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 – Access to Ford Island and other areas on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman are usually off limits to the general public, but from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, Hawaii residents had an opportunity to visit the base to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The open base event included ceremonies and activities on Ford Island, at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and on the Battleship Missouri Memorial. World War II in…