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Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S.

President Truman and advisers after returning from Wake Island Conference

President Harry S. Truman after his return from the Wake Island Conference with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Special Assistant W. Averill Harriman, Defense Secretary George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador Philip Jessup, Treasury Secretary John Snyder, Army Secretary Frank Pace and General Omar Bradley.