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President Truman Reads to the Press Announcement of the Japanese Surrender

97-2181
Accession Number
97-2181
11 x 14 Inches
Black & White
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NAID 350900288
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Presidents
Press conferences
World War, 1939-1945
HST Keywords
Japan - Surrender; Truman - Conferences - Press - 1945
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Kerr, Vivianne Lovell, 1918-2004
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Credit:
C. Ed Alley
Harris & Ewing

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, reading to the assembled members of the press his announcement of the Japanese surrender, officially signaling the war's end. Behind the President seated just to his right are Admiral William D. Leahy, Presidential Chief of Staff, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and directly behind them, Attorney General Tom Clark. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left.

Date(s)
August 14, 1945