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Turism&Travel : Battleship Missouri Memorial commemorates 66th anniversary of end of World War II
Tuesday 30 August 2011PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii â The Battleship Missouri Memorial will commemorate the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II with a free ceremony on the Mighty Mo's forward main deck on Friday, September 2 from 8:00-9:00 am on Ford Island.
The ceremony will be followed by the opportunity for guests to tour the ship's decks, including the site where Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur and representatives from 10 nations assembled on September 2, 1945, to accept Imperial Japan's unconditional surrender that formally ended history's most destructive war. After the ceremony, âUnconditional Surrender,â a sculpture of the famous âTimes Square Kiss,â will be unveiled at its temporary home, pierside at the Battleship Missouri Memorial. Source: anthologygroup.comAutor: eTurboNews |
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