Congressman Mark Takai, representative for Hawaii, watches members of the Defense Information Systems Agency Pacific Joint Honor Guard conduct a flag folding ceremony during the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial located on Ford Island, Sept. 2, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ceremony honored and recognized sacrifices made by veterans of WWII and recognized the allied partnership between the United States and Japan today. The event began at 9:02 , the exact time Gen. Douglas MacArthur began proceedings for the formal sur

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Congressman Mark Takai, representative for Hawaii, watches members of the Defense Information Systems Agency Pacific Joint Honor Guard conduct a flag folding ceremony during the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial located on Ford Island, Sept. 2, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ceremony honored and recognized sacrifices made by veterans of WWII and recognized the allied partnership between the United States and Japan today. The event began at 9:02 , the exact time Gen. Douglas MacArthur began proceedings for the formal surrender of Imperial Japan 70 years ago. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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