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Former President Harry S. Truman (left) delivers remarks in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library to a group of survivors of the atomic bombs used against Japan in World War II. The man on the right is unidentified.

A group of survivors from the atomic bombings of Japan gather in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library to hear former President Harry S. Truman give a speech. All are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (center) as numismatic expert Joseph B. Stack (right) looks on. They are attending a ceremony at the Harry S. Truman Library, where Mr. Snyder and Mr. Stack presented the Library with a set of coins issued by every President of the United States.

A group of survivors from the atomic bombings of Japan and others gather in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library to hear former President Harry S. Truman give a speech. All are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left with back turned) is engaging in conversation with an unidentified man. The two men are standing on a stage in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library. Mr. Truman delivered a speech to survivors of the atomic bombings of Japan. All others are unidentified.

A group of survivors from the atomic bombings of Japan gather in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library to hear former President Harry S. Truman give a speech. A camera man stands at the front of the group filming the speech. All are unidentified.

A group of unidentified women sit in chairs at the Harry S. Truman Library. These women were survivors of the atomic bombings of Japan who traveled to the Harry S. Truman Library to hear former President Harry S. Truman give a speech.

An unidentified woman is looking over papers on a desk at the Harry S. Truman Library, in Independence, Missouri. A man is off in the distant behind her rearranging items on a table. They are working on the filming of the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman."

A group of survivors from the atomic bombings of Japan and others gather in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library to hear former President Harry S. Truman give a speech. All are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman sits behind his desk in his office at the Harry S. Truman Library, in Independence, Missouri. Mr. Truman is looking over a paper and is holding a pen in his hand. This image was captured during the filming of the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman."