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Title: WWII 65TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION WEEK
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Mighty Mo Members
URL Source: http://www.mightymomembers.org/events
Published: Sep 2, 2010
Author: Mighty Mo Members/AP
Post Date: 2010-09-02 20:51:55 by X-15
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The Battleship Missouri’s return from drydocking earlier this year comes just in time to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II this summer. Special commemorative activities, items, and travel options are provided for participants below! Join us in a week of events that are planned to commemorate the end of WWII. The Mighty Mo was part of this significant period as imperial Japan’s surrender to Allied Powers took place on Sept. 2, 1945, was aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay. We honor this history by aiming to achieve our nonprofit 501(c)3 mission: to create and maintain a fitting memorial to the people and historic events that reflects our nation's legacy of duty, honor, strength, sacrafice, and resolve. September 2, 1945: Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, left foreground, who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, and British Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, next to Wainwright, who surrendered Singapore, observe the ceremony marking the end of World War II. (AP Photo)
September 2, 1945: F4U and F6F fighter planes are flying in formation over the USS Missouri, while the surrender ceremonies to end World War II take place aboard the U.S. Navy battleship. (AP Photo) 
September 2, 1945: Spectators and correspondents from all over the world pick vantage positions on the deck of the USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay to watch the formal Japanese surrender ceremony marking the end of World War II. (AP Photo, Frank Filan) 
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