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President Truman Announces Japanese Surrender to Press

59-1542
Accession Number
59-1542
10x13 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348261119
Keywords
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Journalists
Presidents
Press conferences
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Truman - Conferences - Press - 1945; V-J Day
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Kerr, Vivianne Lovell, 1918-2004
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Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman gives a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House announcing the Japanese surrender. Seated on the couch, second from the left, is First Lady Bess Truman. President Harry S. Truman is found standing behind his desk. Also in the photo are John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (seated on the couch, right); Attorney General Tom Clark (standing, second from the right); and Secretary of State James Byrnes (seated behind President Truman). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters.

Date(s)
August 14, 1945