General of the army, Douglas Macarthur, supreme allied commander for the occupation of japan, boards the missouri. Fleet admiral nimitz and Admiral Halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. Admiral nimitz escorts General Macarthur to the veranda 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. But, thanks to the events of september 2, 1945, we now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. In fact, just behind me here is where the table sat that day. The ship looked different. The big difference the nice, shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the turret behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials that would be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members
Fleet admiral nimitz and Admiral Halsey welcome macarthur and his chief of staff, general sutherland, aboard. Admiral nimitz escorts General Macarthur to the veranda deck, where the ceremony is supposed to take place. It is sunday, september 2, 1945. Right now, we are on the 01 level of the battleship missouri, also known as the veranda deck. But, thanks to the events of september 2, 1945, we now call this deck the surrender deck. This is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed the Unconditional Surrender ending world war ii. In fact, just behind me here is where the table sat that day. The ship looked different. The big difference, the nice, shady canopy overhead was not installed, and the turret behind me was rotated 30 degrees to star board to make more room for all the officials that would be on board. If you had looked above us that day, you would see thousands of members of missouris crew, crews of other ships, hanging onto anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what
Welcome to the battles of memorial here at historic pearl harbor. It is 9 02 am, the moment 75 years ago when the ceremony began on the ship. My name is michael carr, im the president and chief executive officer of the uss missouri memorial organization. It is an honor to serve in that capacity and to be your mc for todays ceremony as we commemorate a huge milestone, the 75th anniversary of one of the most significant events in history the ending of world war ii. First and foremost, i have the honor of welcoming our special guests, world war ii veterans who are with us here today. I will name them individually and ask that you stand if you are able as your name its called and remain standing. Please hold your applause until the end so that we honor them collectively for their service, their courage, and for their sacrifice. Victor area, omsk are, its all called iran, walter chi, jack detour, paul newman, when bill newman, theodore richardson, author shaq, lumbered wise, and joseph youn
A short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. It destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. What has been done is the greatest achievement of organized science in history. On august 6th, 1945, the United States detonated the First Nuclear weapon in history over the city of hiroshima, japan. Followed by a second detonation august 9th over the city of nagasaki. Six days later, japan surrendered, bringing in and to the second world war. I have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government by the secretary of on august 11th. I did this reply a full acceptance of the declaration. It specifies the Unconditional Surrender. Through the work of cspan city store, we will share stories of the people that contributed to this world altering event. We begin
Memorial and museum docked at pearl harbor in honolulu, hawaii. Up next, a ceremony aboard the ship to mark the anniversary of the surrender. Esper andnclude mark Hawaii Governor david he gave david. Other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, a loja and welcome to the battleship memorial here at historic pearl harbor. It is nine oh 2 a. M. , the moment 75 years ago when this on this ship. My name is michael and i am the president and chief executive officer of the uss missouri memorial organization. It is an honor to serve in that capacity and be the mc for this ceremony as we commemorate a huge milestone, the 75th anniversary of one of the most significant events in history, the ending of world war ii. Foremost, i have the honor of welcoming our special guests, world war ii veterans who are with us here today. I will name them individually and ask that you are that you stand if you are able, and remain standing. Please hold your applause at the until the end so we honor them co