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President Harry S. Truman Announces the Surrender of Japan

64-24
Accession Number
64-24
6.75x8.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343790993
Keywords
Armistices
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Press
Press conferences
Reporters and reporting
White House staff
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japanese Surrender; Truman - Conferences - Press - 1945
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
Niles, David K., 1892-1952
Odum, Reathel M.
Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the assembled reporters. Seated on couch, left to right: David Niles (wearing round glasses, seated on the arm of the couch); Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right) and Attorney General Tom Clark (standing, second from right). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1. Same as 73-2017.
Date(s)
August 14, 1945