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World War, 1939-1945

The USS Augusta

The USS Augusta, on which President Harry S. Truman and members of his party sailed from Newport News, Virginia to Antwerp, Belgium and aboard which they returned from Plymouth England after the Berlin Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1".

Truman and Cabinet discussing Japanese Surrender

President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the Japanese Surrender to end World War II. Around the table, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H.