Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and the ...

At top, Lee Broussard, middle, former USS MIssouri crewman and World War II veteran, shook hands Sunday with Kahu Kordell Kekoa as fellow crewman Edgar Buffman stands at left during a ceremony for the ...

Rhode Island's John DeLeo, 99, talks about what it was like watching Japan surrender in a formal ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, ending the war, 80 years ago. Forensics team searches for evidence in ...

This fall marked the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII with Japan's surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri - the last and largest battleship. The Missouri always was the symbol of all who served ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th ...