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President Harry S. Truman with Japanese Surrender Document

66-3073
Accession Number
66-3073
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350286899
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
World War, 1939-1945
People Pictured
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman holds the original surrender document signed by the Japanese dignitaries aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Standing from left to right are: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, General George C. Marshall, and President Truman. Others in the background are unidentified.
Date(s)
September 7, 1945