The Pacific Theater (aka Pacific War) was the naval half of WWII. Although all portions of WWII had naval battles, the Pacific was the Pacific, as the name implies...an ocean. Secondly, General MacArthur reasoned that since a battleship (USS Arizona) started WWII for the US, it seemed appropiate to end it that way.
The Japanese surrender was signed on the foredeck of USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.
Battleship Missouri
The battleship USS Missouri.
The surrender of Japan to the US on the deck of the battleship Missouri.
The USS Wisconsin.
The Japanese surrender was signed on the foredeck of USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.
MacArthur.
Battleship Missouri
The location of the Japanese surrender ceremony was _______.
MacArthur
USS Missiouri, an Iowa class battlewagon.
The battleship USS Missouri.
The USS New Jersey
USS Missouri.
The surrender of Japan to the US on the deck of the battleship Missouri.
They surrendered on her deck; USS Missouri, an Iowa Class Battleship.
Japanese battleship Kaiyō Maru ended in 1869.