It's Sunday, and time for Sunday Stamps.
Veteran's day (Remembrance Day in Canada) is tomorrow. So on this rainy day in the American Midwest I am sharing the stamp I last shared in 2020. Not of a soldier but of a battleship.
The battleship Missouri, commissioned June 11, 1944. Affectionately named "Mighty Mo", as she was heavily armed and could attain high speeds for a vessel of her size.
She is known for the role she played in the end of the Pacific part of WWII. On Sept. 2, 1945, military officers from each of the Allied powers and Imperial Japan met on the deck of the Missouri and signed documents confirming Japan's surrender and the end of the war.
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5 comments:
I think I have got this very stamp. It must be impressive in person.
I think this ship is now a museum, so if you were in Hawaii you xould see how impressive (or ominous!) she really is.
One never knows, but I'm sure there would be more interesting things to do in Hawaii ;)
Even as small as a stamp you can see just how formidable she was. I have visited the USS Hornet (aircraft carrier), it's a museum. It was a field trip, and boy, did a lot of fathers manage to take a day off to come along!
The stamp gives a nice view of its camouflage paint. Good that it is remembered for the end of a war.
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