CSPAN3 American History TV Visits Hawaii July 12, 2024
Welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. The admiral escorts General Macarthur to the lander deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. We now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. The pocket behind me is where the table sat that day. The ship looks different, the shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the torrent behind me was rotated ...