Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII will be held at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Tuesday, Sept. 2, with 25 WWII Veterans Attending

By Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Made possible by the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii , Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful tribute to the heroes of America's Greatest Generation, eight living crewmembers of the USS Missouri will reunite aboard the Mighty Mo for the 80 th Anniversary of the End of World War II on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 . "We are proud to support this tribute to the valor and sacrifice of those who served in our military during World War II" — Linda Hope

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These men, now in their late 90s and early 100s, served on the battleship during the Japanese surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay — a moment that forever changed the course of history. These men repr