Jesus said that our adversary, the Devil, is roaming around like a lion seeking whom he may devour.

Life is lived out in a conflict zone. Being a Christian simply means fighting for the right side. Find out who to fight and how to fight the good fight of faith.

 

The Mighty Mo’

This episode of World Impact with Billy Wilson was recorded in Pearl Harbor on the USS Missouri – the last battleship built by the United States. Its massive guns and impressive history provide a potent reminder of the nature of our conflict.

 
USS Missouri (BB-63) (“Mighty Mo” or “Big Mo”) is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship and was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the US state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States and was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II.
 
Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the “Mothball Fleet”), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.
 
Missouri received a total of 11 battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  (wikipedia.com)
 
The USS Missouri is now a floating museum and silent sentinel over the Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor. You can find out more about visiting the Memorial on its official web site or read this article by John Fischer.
Posted on: Monday, May 27th