NORFOLK, Va. — A new exhibit on the U.S. occupation of Japan after World War II opens Aug. 23 at the MacArthur Memorial, paired with a special lecture series on the war’s final weeks in the Pacific.
Rhode Island native John DeLeo, now 99, joined the Navy at age 17 to serve in World World II. DeLeo served on the USS Missouri, which supported the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. DeLeo witnessed ...
A peace treaty effecting the end of the second World War is being signed aboard the USS Missouri. Admiral Chester Nimitz of the United States Navy is shown signing the Treaty. The ship is in Tokyo Bay ...
April 1944, MacArthur in Australia.--November 1944, MacArthur returns to Philippines.--March 1945, Philippines resume self-government.--August 1945, MacArthur with G.I.'s after Japanese ...