Guests on the Captain's Tour will get to see the captain's in-port cabin, which celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and Bob Hope have visited. Photo Credit: Battleship Missouri Memorial The ...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Missouri, also known as “Mighty Mo,” is a legendary battleship that played pivotal roles in World War II, the Korean War, and Operation Desert Storm. -It was the site ...
The U.S. built its first ever battleship, the USS Texas, in the late 19th century. The Texas was a pre-dreadnought battleship that the U.S. built in response to several South American nations ...
With World War Two over, the legendary USS Missouri was supposed to be decommissioned and abandoned forever after hosting ...
Visiting sailors discussed their service and life on a submarine Monday. During a tour of the Museum of Missouri Military History in Jefferson City, Cmdr. G. Andrews, commanding officer of the ...
JEFFERSON CITY - It's been 74 years since World War II ended on the board of the USS Missouri battleship. It happened in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, ...
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th ...
Standing in the halls of the Missouri Capitol, a small crew of sailors heard stories of train robbers, frontiersmen and competing state leadership amid the American Civil War. It was all part of the ...