Mighty Mo

Hello again friends,

So like I promised, here is another bit of history located in beautiful Hawaii. I next visited the USS Missouri, nicknamed the "Mighty Mo", the site where the Japanese signed their surrender and ended the war. This ship was huge! And pretty spectacular. But don't take my word for it, I've got pictures to prove it!

When I arrived at the USS Missouri, I was welcomed by a corridor of US flags.
It made me feel super-patriotic!

Then on the ship, I was only one of many admirers of the Mighty Mo's weaponry.
Quite literally, check out those guns!!!

The command room was really cool in multiple ways. For one, it had all the technology that made the ship so awesome. Two, it was one of the few rooms on the ship (if not the only) that had air conditioning. Hey, what does this button do?

This is the site of the Japanese surrender and the where WWII ended.

These are the documents that the Japanese forces signed and the pen that was used to do it!

And don't think that just because my humble beginning was from a gift shop that I would tire of gift shops. Far from it. I just had to go and pick up a souvenir t-shirt! How do I look?

My Mighty Mo experience was great. The tour guides were very friendly, and mine had an awesome sense of humor. There were so many cool stories and factual tidbits that my brain got to nibble on. Not only that, but I got to tan while learning history! Can't really say that about high school history class now can you? For more information on the USS Missouri, go to her home page at http://www.ussmissouri.com/.

Signing out,

LFM