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President Harry S. Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

2013-2489
Accession Number
2013-2489
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348542242
Related Collection
Odum, Reathel Papers
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Presidents
Press conferences
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - Surrender; Truman - Conferences - Press - 1945
People Pictured
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Fleming, Philip B. (Philip Bracken), 1887-1955
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
Blandford, John Bennett, 1897-1972
Crowley, Leo T. (Leo Thomas), 1889-1972
Davis, William H. (William Hammatt), 1879-1964
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Description
President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the media. First row, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; President Truman; and Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt. Second row, left to right: Julius Krug, Chairman, War Production Board; Leo Crowley, Administrator of the Foreign Economic Administration; Major General Philip Fleming, Administrator, Federal Works Agency; William Davis, Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization; John Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; John Blandford, Administrator of the National Housing Agency; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan.
Date(s)
August 14, 1945

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