The historic battleship U-S-S Missouri sits in Pearl Harbor, as a memorial to the end of WWII in the Pacific. However, it has been needing some repairs on the main deck. President and CEO of the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Mike Carr, talks to Ashley Byrd with the...
The presiding commissioner in mid-Missouri’s Cole County is searching for living crew members of the battleship USS Missouri, who were on the ship during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. Commissioner Sam Bushman tells Missourinet a major...
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is honoring the battleship USS Missouri with a forever stamp, in honor of the 75th anniversary of her commissioning. There were two ceremonies on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary: one at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the other at...
Family members of Second Lieutenant George Whiteman have been visiting two symbolic sculptures in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia. The artwork is inspired by Airman Whiteman’s ultimate sacrifice and the community’s strong relationship with the military. The...
