USS Missouri
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Sep 24, 2026
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
The two sides finally agree terms of surrender in early August.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
On the quarterdeck of the battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese delegation, including Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, sign the formal document of surrender.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Finally, it's over.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Peace has arrived.
RichAUDIENCE
So these guys, uh, brought that helmet all the way to, to Pearl Harbor.
RichAUDIENCE
I retired on my dad's ship, the USS Missouri, and-
John SchmeelkHOST
That's awesome
RichAUDIENCE
... and I have that, I have that helmet proudly displayed in my office.
Sabrina JacobsGUEST
Used commercially for a time.
Sabrina JacobsGUEST
Uh, in 1986, it was taken over by the Navy again as the home port of the USS Missouri battle group under the name Treasure Island Naval Station, Hunters Point Annex, and then they stopped Doing that around '80, or was it '91 or so.
Sabrina JacobsGUEST
So the base was named redundant, um, as a part of the closures.
Sabrina JacobsGUEST
So you probably remember if you were alive back then or if you're a history buff, around the early '90s, like '90, '91, '92, they started closing a lot of the, um, a lot of the military bases.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
I keep this in my office.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
It's an old black and white photo of the USS Missouri, BB-63, which is obviously one of the Navy's most iconic ships.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
And I keep it in my office because my grandfather was a crewman on it.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
He was a yeoman.
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
yes that's
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
not a universal experience for everyone
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
yes and whenever we say no mission first people always but really being connected to that mission again i think it goes back to your purpose and your calling as well it's wow that's powerful So just looking at this, USS Missouri, BB-63.
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
Wow, that is powerful.
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
Oh.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
It's a, it's an old black-and-white photo of the USS Missouri, BB-63, um, which is obviously one of, one of the Navy's most iconic, uh, ships.
Ian A. ClarkGUEST
And I, I keep it-
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
Yeah
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
It's...
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
Wow, that's powerful.
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
So just looking at this USS Missouri, right, BB-63, that...
Bob Fabian ZinkaHOST
Wow, that is, that is pow- powerful.
AlexisGUEST
Like it was good.
AlexisGUEST
We went to the USS Missouri, USS Oklahoma Memorial.
AlexisGUEST
Shout out Oklahoma.
AlexisGUEST
It's extremely expansive.
Kent DavisGUEST
I actually got to command Marines.
Kent DavisGUEST
I had combined units at times aboard both the battleship USS Missouri and at Naval Air Station Atlanta.
Kent DavisGUEST
I loved the Marine Corps.
Tom ClaxtonHOST
Well, we're just there to fight for the Navy, sir.
James HollandHOST
... and opening and...
James HollandHOST
Even the USS Missouri, which only is, is launched, isn't it, the previous year.
Al MurrayHOST
Yeah.
James HollandHOST
By the time you get it into Tokyo Bay in September 1945, it's, it's, it's already got all those streaks of rust.
Fred GalvinHOST
Unconditional surrender.
Fred GalvinHOST
Admiral Hirohito's or Emperor Hirohito's delegation- September 2nd, 1945, the starboard side midship of the USS Missouri there in Tokyo Bay, we stopped them.
Fred GalvinHOST
They believed in the same kind of using these tools of terror, suicide attacks, brutally killing civilians all across Asia and imposing their will on whoever.
Fred GalvinHOST
They had this mindset to dominate the world, and we stopped them, and we can do it today.
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