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Commentary: Remembering the End of World War II, 80 Years Later
The 80th anniversary events featured over 15,000 visitors and included ceremonies, airshows, and reunions of eight surviving USS Missouri crew members who witnessed Japan's surrender.
- On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo for the 80th Anniversary, with the ceremony beginning at 9:02 am.
- The Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation presented a four-day Commemoration Celebration at Pearl Harbor from August 30 to September 2, featuring a Liberty Jump Team air show, a film premiere, and a gala attended by USS Missouri crew members.
- The Battleship Missouri Memorial, open daily, has drawn more than 10-million visitors since it opened, and Michael Carr said, `Nowhere else in the world can you stand on the very deck where World War II officially ended`.
- Local access opened from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, letting Hawaii residents visit Ford Island and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, while Retail Services Specialist Chief Selectee Shelton Talaro guided tours aboard USS Decatur .
- Historians note the global conflict claimed more than 70 million lives and fewer than 66,000 living U.S. World War II veterans remain, making preservation urgent.
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Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII will be held at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, Sept. 2, with 25 WWII Veterans Attending
Made possible by the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful tribute to the heroes of America's Greatest Generation, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo for the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. "We are proud to support this tribute to the valor and sacrifice of those who served in our military during World …
China's Communist leadership is celebrating the end of World War II in Asia. It is different in history, because the victory over Japan is intended to underpin its own claim to a global leadership role. By Jörg Endriss.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. On September 2, 1945, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan signed its surrender on board Missouri. A few months before the end of the war in Europe. On May 7, Germany surrendered at the Allied headquarters in Reims and, the next day, the capitulation was ratified in Berlin before the Red Army. It is difficult to know the number of deaths in the last World War. Researchers estimate that …
Marking 80 years since World War II's end
By PETER WILLIAMS |IT was three long, devastating and cruel months from May 1945 after Germany surrendered to the Allied forces to end World War II in Europe, before Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945. VP Day – Victory in the Pacific – marked the unconditional surrender of Japan after more than three years of war that started with the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. The event is known as VJ Day in the United States and the United…
Events Marking 80th Commemoration of End of World War II Offer Time for Reflection, Gratitude
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 included combatants f…
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