President Truman Announces Surrender of Japan

President Harry S. Truman (smiling and standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan at the conclusion of World War II to the media. First row, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; President Truman; and Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt. Second row, left to right: Julius Krug, Chairman, War Production Board; Leo Crowley, Administrator of the Foreign Economic Administration; Major General Philip Fleming (leaning over), Administrator, Federal Works Agency; William Davis, Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization; John Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; John Blandford, Administrator of the National Housing Agency; and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan.