World War, 1939-1945

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and other members of the U.S. Reparations Mission Staff observe a schoolroom of children at the Displaced Persons Farm in Furth, Germany. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Museum display (U. S. S. Missouri seal about the Japanese surrender) at the Harry S. Truman Library. From: Brown leather album, gift from Col. Robert E. Adams.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Col. Robert E. Adams shown in the display area of the Harry S. Truman Library museum. They are by the seal marking the Japanese surrender on the U. S. S. Missouri. From: Brown leather album gift from Col. Robert E. Adams.

Former President Harry S. Truman and Col. Robert E. Adams shown in the display area of the Harry S. Truman Library museum. They are near the Iwo Jima miniature statue. From: Brown leather album gift from Col. Robert E. Adams.

Monument of the flag raising on Iwo Jima on the grounds of the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Crowd of spectators in Lafayette Park, north of the White House (those in uniform saluting) on the date of the announcement of the Japanese surrender ending World War II.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Mrs. Bess Truman greet the crowd outside the White House on the occasion of the Japanese surrender ending World War II.

Crowd pressing against the gates of the White House on the date of announcement of the Japanese surrender ending World War II.

Reporters on telephones transmitting news of the Japanese surrender ending World War II. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the center of the reporters.

Reporters scramble for press releases announcing the Japanese surrender ending World War II. Mildred Wilson is the young woman on the table handing out releases.