Tannya: BACK HERE AT
"LIVING808".
A NIA MILESTONE.
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF WORLD
WAR II.
John: AUGUST 15, 1945 WHEN
THE EMPEROR SURRENDERED.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THIS
YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS WAS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE AMID THE PANDEMIC.
Tannya: WE WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW SOMETHING HAPPENING TO MARK
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END
OF WORLD WAR II.
WE HAVE MIKE CARR.
WHAT A HUGE MILESTONE YEAR FOR
ANNIVERSARY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR
THE MIGHTY MO.
TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE 75TH AN OF THE
END OF WORLD WAR II.
WHICH OCCUR HERE ONBOARD THE
SHIP.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR A LONG
TIME FOR THIS EVENT AND
ORIGINALLY HAD A WHOLE WEEKS OF
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES PLANNED.
HERE AND ON VARIOUS MILITARY
BASES BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
SO NOW WE ARE HAVING A CEREMONY
ON SEPTEMBER 2ND BY INVITATION
ONLY AT THIS POINT.
FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH REASONS.
THERE WILL BE LIVE STEAMING.
WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION TO
EVERYBODY SHORTLY.
SO IT'S EASY FOR EVERYBODY TO
FIND THE CEREMONY.
Tannya: TALK ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIGHTY MO.
ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE PART IT
PLAYED WILL APPRECIATE THIS.
TELL OUR VIEWERS MORE.
THE MUST WAS THE SITE OF THE
END OF WORLD WAR II.
WAN-- WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE BUT
PRESIDENT TRUMAN CONSIDERED THE
SITE.
IT BECAME AN INTERNAL SYMBOL OF
PEACE.
ENDED ON HER DECKSES.
AND INITIATED 75 YEARS OF PEACE
BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.
AND WE HONOR THAT AS PART OF THE
CEREMONY EVERY YEAR.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY AND EVERYONE
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZES THAT WILL
BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
HAVE TO HONOR THE VETERANS OF
WORLD WAR II.
Tannya: I UNDERSTAND THERE
ARE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TIES
BETWEEN JAPAN AND U.S.
THE KAMIKAZE EXHIBIT ON THE
SECOND DECK WHICH WE JUST
REOPENED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR
ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS
TELLS THAT STORY.
AND UNIVERSITY MATH OF THE --
HUMANITY OF THE CREW WHICH IS A
VERY MOVING STORY.
WE TOLL T -- TELL THAT STORY.
WEWILL BE HONORS TO HAVE AT THE
PEACE MUSEUM.
WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS
FROM THOSE ATTACKS
75TH
ANNIVERSARY IS COMING UP.
WE HAVE SISTER RELATIONSHIPS IN
HIROSHIMA AND PEACE MU SEEM.
TIES BETWEEN US AND JAPAN ARE
STRONG.
Tannya: THERE'S A
DOCUMENTARY.
PRODUCED BY NHK TELLS THE
STORY OF FLOYD, AN AMERICAN WHO
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO BRING
PEACE TO THE WORLD.
SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR ENDED HE
WENT TO HIROSHIMA AND BEGAN
BUILDING HOMES.
TITLE IS HOMES FOR PEACE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VIEW IT.
SO I'LL PARTICIPATING IN A PANEL
DISCUSSIONS ON WEDNESDAY AT 4:00
SPONSORED BY NHK, PRODUCER OF
THE FILM.
ALSO INCLUDED, COCO KONDO.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I'M SURE I'LL LEARN A LOT THAT I
DON'T KNOW.
Tannya: WE THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US IN TO HEAR ABOUT THE
EVENTS THAT ARE PLANS.
MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
Tannya: IT'S GREAT CATCHING
UP AND SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING
THERE.
A LANDMARK 75TH YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU
WENT THERE.
IT'S HISTORY THAT WE SHOULD BE
TEACHING OTHERS.
John: IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE I'VE TAKEN ANY TOUR OR
WENT OUT TO THE MEMORIAL BUT THE
USS MISSOURI, I HAVE NEVER TAKEN
A TOUR.
I KNOW IT'S AMAZING.
AND IT WILL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.
MAYBE WHEN THINGS DIE DOWN.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
Tannya: EXACTLY.
IF YOU'VE SEEN "BATTLESHIP,"
THEY FILMED A LOT THERE.
John: WHEN THEY TONG TOOK IT OT
TO SEA.
Tannya: YEAH.
IT IS A FUN WAY TO EXPERIENCE
IT.