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Surrender On The USS Missouri

Surrender On The USS Missouri

The hour-long documentary SURRENDER ON THE USS MISSOURI focuses on those who witnessed the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II. Through interviews with those who served on the battleship, the film follows the USS Missouri from its construction, through varied battles in the Pacific, to its final resting place as a memorial and museum in Pearl Harbor.

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Surrender on the USS Missouri

Surrender on the USS Missouri

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This film shares the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed the official end of WWII. (56m 57s)

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