By SeaWaves Magazine – Sep 2, 2026 Aboard the USS Missouri, this instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S.Continue reading “USS Missouri September 2, 1945”
Category Archives: Military History
Are you a landlubber? The nautical questions you’ve always wanted answered
Xenia Zubova – 28th August 2026 at 10:30am A Royal Navy warship can be weighed without touching a scale, travel at 30 knots without tying anything and reach eight bells at noon. Its kitchen is a galley, its toilet is the heads, its walls are bulkheads and its ceiling is the deckhead. Go ashore andContinue reading “Are you a landlubber? The nautical questions you’ve always wanted answered”
A great story of bravery and serving time in the brig -Into the Fire, Twice
Chief Water Tender John King saved his shipmates and was awarded two Medals of Honor. – By Colonel Dwight H. Sullivan, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired) Chief Water Tender John King—the namesake of the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer DDG-3—is one of only 19 service members to receive two Medals of Honor. But his pair ofContinue reading “A great story of bravery and serving time in the brig -Into the Fire, Twice”
Two if by Sea, Cam Ranh Edition
Posted on August 24, 2026 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment Some 55 years ago, Southeast Asia. Loading a 6th Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment M107 175mm self-propelled howitzers onto USNS LST-546. Photos by David D. Lozano, B Battery 6/32ed Artillery. Cam Ranh Bay for a move to the DMZ 1971. Hattip Big Guns of the Vietnam War group on FB.Continue reading “Two if by Sea, Cam Ranh Edition”
Sad end for WW1 anti-submarine ship HMS President as historic vessel faces scrapyard
Tim Cooper – 13th August 2026 at 10:03am HMS President, one of only three Royal Navy vessels still afloat that served in the First World War, is facing the scrapyard. The historic Q-ship has been towed to a breakers yard at Erith, on the River Thames, after years of attempts to save her from fallingContinue reading “Sad end for WW1 anti-submarine ship HMS President as historic vessel faces scrapyard”
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