President Harry S. Truman and Henry Stimson
President Harry S. Truman (left) gets a report on bombing of Japan from Secretary of War Henry Stimson (right) upon his return from the Potsdam Conference. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.
President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the assembled reporters in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: David Niles (wearing round glasses, seated on the arm of the couch); Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right) and Attorney General Tom Clark (standing, second from right).