Lt. Ralph Cornelius DuPont, an F6F-5 Hellcat pilot assigned to Fighting Squadron 18 aboard the USS Intrepid, went Missing In Action Oct. 12, 1944, during World War II's Battle of Formosa. DuPont was ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri.