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Former President Truman, Bess Truman, Averell Harriman, and Louis Lochner at the Overseas Press Club of America

Former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, Governor Averell Harriman, and journalist Louis Lochner visit at the Overseas Press Club Dinner. The event was held at the Sheraton Astor Hotel in New York City. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Governor Averell Harriman, Former President Truman, Bess Truman, and Louis Lochner

Left to right: New York Governor Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess Truman, and journalist Louis Lochner. The former President and First Lady are in New York, New York at the Sheraton Astor Hotel for the Overseas Press Club of America dinner. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

President Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to reporters assembled in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: 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). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters. Signed by President Truman and John Snyder.