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Truman Reading Announcement of Japanese Surrender

73-2017
Accession Number
73-2017
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955130
Keywords
Armistices
Cabinet officers
First ladies
Legislators
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Press
Press conferences
Reporters and reporting
White House staff
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - 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
Odum, Reathel M.
Rosenman, Samuel I. (Samuel Irving), 1896-1973
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
Rights

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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) reads the announcement of the Japanese surrender ending World War II to various reporters and officials in the Oval Office. Seated on the sofa in the background are (left to right): Reathel Odum, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Samuel Rosenman, and John Snyder. Seated behind President Truman is Secretary of State James Byrnes. Standing behind President Truman at the window is Attorney General Tom Clark (left) and Senator Arthur Vandenberg (right). Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
August 14, 1945