A day of profound global significance — the formal end of World War II — occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what signaled a hard-won hope for lasting peace.

Eighty years later, the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor is inviting visitors to relive that history through Pathway to Peace: USS Missouri’s World War II Experience, an immersive exhibit that opened Sunday.

Presented by the Bob &Dolores Hope Foundation, the exhibit traces the Missouri’s journey from its commissioning at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard to its pivotal role in the Pacific Theater and the signing of Japan’s surrender. Through technology, personal narratives and artifacts, it highlights both the ship and the sailors who served aboard it.

Mike Carr

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