World War, 1939-1945

A peace treaty effecting the end of the second World War is being signed aboard the USS Missouri. Admiral Chester Nimitz of the United States Navy is shown signing the Treaty. The ship is in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

Photo of crowd scene at the kick off of the 7th War Loan Bond Drive in Times Square, New York City. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 208-LV-14U-1.

Joseph Stalin with representatives of the Polish exiled government at time of pact pledging mutual support. Two years later the Soviet Union broke relations with the exiled leaders when they pressed for an investigation into the Katyn Forest incident. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Newsmap of the planned assault on Japan. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Architect's dummy for the American-Soviet war exhibit installed in the United States Office of War Information in the Museum of Science and Industry in New York, New York. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the Cairo Conference. Others are unidentified. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo No. 208-N-19665.

Solemn reburial of the remnants of over four thousand Polish Army Staff Officers whose bodies have been discovered executed (shot in the back of the neck) in a dense forest near the Polish village of Katyn. Polish priest (center, dark robe) celebrates. Villagers herded up to witness. German propaganda staff and foreign correspondents are in background. Responsibility still not definitely established. Both opponents accused each other. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, left, with Mr. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, at the Generalissimo's country place in China.

Reporters scramble for the phones after White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (not pictured) announced that the Swiss had not as yet received a reply from the Japanese. During the rush, one of the first reporters to reach the door fell, and the others narrowly avoided piling up in the doorway. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

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.