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A 11 x 14 glossy superior print of President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, reading to newsmen 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.