COURTESY C. RIESE LASSEN Walter Lassen describes his experiences aboard the USS Missouri as a chief gunner’s mate. "He was a really, really amazing person," his son said. Born and raised in Marin ...

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Seventy-five years after the USS Missouri was commissioned, the battleship where World War II came to an end is getting its own stamp, the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday. The Mighty Mo will ...