Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...

curator of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. They cleaned the body, wrapped it in canvas and placed it on a tray against the rail beneath the flag. Marine rifle guards gave a gun salute and a ...

The U.S. Navy’s battleships have long been symbols of naval power and versatility, each with a unique and storied history. -The USS Washington made history by sinking the Japanese battleship Kirishima ...

Additionally, 20 five-inch guns, 80 40mm anti-aircraft guns ... The keel for the USS Missouri Iowa-class battleship was laid down in 1941 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She conducted her initial ...

curator of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. They cleaned the body, wrapped it in canvas and placed it on a tray against the rail beneath the flag. Marine rifle guards gave a gun salute and a ...

curator of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. They cleaned the body, wrapped it in canvas and placed it on a tray against the rail beneath the flag. Marine rifle guards gave a gun salute and a ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...