11) Halsey, William Frederick. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...(1944). On September 2, 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered aboard his flagship, the USS Missouri....
12) Aiea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Medical Center and U.S. Fort Shafter, headquarters of the Army's Pacific Ocean Division. The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and ferry service to the USS Arizona National...
13) San Jacinto. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Historic Site, is on the river, near the mouth of Buffalo Bayou and E of Houston. The USS Texas is moored next to the park. Dams on San Jacinto include L. Houston...
14) National Marine Sanctuary Program. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Florida Keys. The first sanctuary, encompassing the sunken remains of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor (see Monitor and Merrimack), off the coast of North Carolina,...
15) Mobile. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Col. Brookley, a coast guard station, and a coast guard aviation training center are here. The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, USS Drum submarine, and numerous...
16) Wilmington. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...built in the shipyards during World War II. The Univ. of N.C. at Wilmington (to E). The USS North Carolina is moored across river to W. Cape Fear Community Col. Carolina...
17) destroyer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...enemy aircraft and control of friendly combat air patrol, and the minelaying destroyer. The USS Truxtun (launched in 1964) was the first of a class of nuclear-powered...
18) Pearl Harbor. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...is now a natl. historic landmark; a memorial has been built over the sunken hulk of the USS Arizona. Most of the harbor's activity is military in nature; some commercial...
19) Vicksburg. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Blue Naval Mus., Toys and Soldiers Mus., Coca-Cola Mus., Coca-Cola 1st bottled here in 1894, USS Cairo Mus., Union gunboat raised after 100 years under water, on...
20) 1943, July 5. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...rapidly. Formal terms of surrender were signed by the Japanese envoys on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay (Sept. 2). (See Japan, 1946-2000) 7...
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