PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...

USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. When it comes to legendary ...

The Iowa-class battleships, the last and largest battleships built by the U.S. Navy, played a crucial role during the Korean War. -Reactivated from reserve status, the USS Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, ...

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

Frank Clay, Curator of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, shared a poignant diary entry from a Missouri crewmember, recounting the crash and burial that took place on the ship's deck 80 years ago.

U.S. MARINES PERFORM a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary ...