Naval officers

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party are seated on the fantail of the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. From left to right: David Stowe, John R. Steelman, Charles Murphy, President Truman, Admiral Dennison, Charles Ross, Captain Donald J. MacDonald, General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan (in plaid shirt). Original oversize photograph is located in oversize file.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (seated) is signing the Allied Surrender Terms agreement which finalized the unconditional surrender of the Japanese and the end of the war with Japan. Behind Admiral Nimitz are (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman. Other soldiers and sailors in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From a Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S.

A Japanese delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu, arrive at the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay to sign the surrender of Japan. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Captain James Vardaman (right), his Naval Aide, are seated in the back of a convertible in Independence, Missouri. The man standing in the background is unidentified.

Left to right: Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, who was sworn into office as Chief of Naval Operations; Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews (center); and Admiral Louis Denfeld, USN, the departing Naval Chief.