The USS Missouri (BB-63) is best known as the site of Japan's formal surrender on September 2, 1945, but the Marshall Islands had particular reason to commemorate her — the ship participated in the post-war Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, conducted within Marshall Islands territory, displacing local populations whose return was ultimately deemed permanently impossible due to residual contamination.
The USS Missouri (BB-63) is best known as the site of Japan's formal surrender on September 2, 1945, but the Marshall Islands had particular reason to commemorate her — the ship participated in the post-war Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, conducted within Marshall Islands territory, displacing local populations whose return was ultimately deemed permanently impossible due to residual contamination.