USS Missouri
Friday, March 31, 2006 at 3:47PM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

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Plaque marking surrender signing location on USS Missouri.


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Shot of Surrender Deck on Missouri

Note the plaque location.


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Shot of Missouri's big guns from stem.


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Shot of replica of Commodore Perry's flag on Missouri


Nimitz had Perry's flag brought from mainland to be on deck when Japanese surrendered. Flag so old that Annapolis curators sewed linen backing on it to keep it together. But that made it impossible to hang any way other than backward.


This flag is replica of Perry flag that museum had made.


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Shot of Arizona Memorial from Missouri deck.

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