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Article: REMEMBERING THE MIGHTY MO FAMED BATTLESHIP, NOW MOORED IN PEARL HARBOR, HERALDED END OF WWII, AIDED KOREA, GULF WARS.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 25, 1999
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Byline: Mim Swartz News Travel Editor By Mim Swartz News Travel Editor
HONOLULU -- It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice. - Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Speaking at the surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, Sept. 2, 1945
A plaque marks the spot on the deck of the USS Missouri where representatives of the Japanese Empire officially surrendered to the Allied Forces in ...