Nearby Taum Sauk Mountain State Park boasts Missouri’s highest point and a spectacular waterfall, while Mark Twain National Forest offers extensive hiking trails through beautiful Ozark scenery.

On April 11, 1945, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was piloting a Zero fighter carrying a 500-kilogram ...

Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the sinking of the USS Thresher: “We cannot forget what happened.” ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited ... CEO of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. “This is a remarkable story of ...

On Friday the USS Missouri Memorial Association marked the 80th anniversary of the event with a ceremony on the ship that brought Callaghan’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren to Hawaii ...

The USS Missouri at the moment it was about to be hit by a Japanese A6M Zero Kamikaze while operating off Okinawa on April 11, 1945. The plane hit the ship’s side below the main deck ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited ... CEO of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. “This is a remarkable story of ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball ... CEO of the Battleship Missouri Memorial. "This is a remarkable story of compassion and humanity ...