September 3, 2018 PEARL HARBOR
(HawaiiNewsNow) A ceremony to commemorate the end of World War II took place
Sunday at the site where it all happened: on the deck of the Battleship
Missouri Memorial. Seventy-three years ago, Imperial Japan formally surrendered
to the Allied forces on the deck of the Mighty Mo. “On that day, the USS
Missouri truly became an altar of peace upon which the U.S. and Japan formed an
unbreakable alliance that holds to today,” said Gov. David Ige, who was among
those who attended. The ceremony also commemorated the establishment of the
most decorated unit in American warfare history: The 442nd Regimental Combat
Team, known for the motto “go for broke.”
A ceremony was
held to commemorate the end of World War II and to celebrate the 442nd
Regimental Combat Team (Image: Hawaii News Now)
Ige added, “Upon their return
home, President Truman told the 442nd, ‘You fought the enemy abroad and
prejudice at home and you won.’” Kenji Ego, who served in the 442nd Regimental
Combat Team, also attended the ceremony. “I think what many of us wanted to
prove was to prove to assert our loyalty to our country the United States of
America,” Ego said. More than 2,000 sailors witnessed the formal surrender by
Japan on the deck of the Missouri in 1945.
The ceremony was held on the
USS Missouri (Image: Hawaii News Now)
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