President reads message of surrender from the Japanese

President Harry Truman reads Japan's surrender message in the presence of hcabinet members and high officials. Those pictured include: Julius Albert Krug, Leo Thomas Crowley, Major General Philip B. Fleming, William Hammatt Davis, John Wesley Snyder, James Forrestal, Fred M. Vinson, Tom C. Clark, Lewis B. Schwellenbach, John B. Blandford, Robert E. Hannegan, Admiral William D. Leahy, James F. Byrnes, President Harry Truman, and Cordell Hull.

Publication date: 1945-08-15

Size: 8.5 x 4.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Washington (D.C.)

Subject(s):

• Admirals--American--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950
• Blandford, John Bennett, 1897-1972
• Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
• Clark, Tom C. (Thomas Campbell), 1899-1977
• Crowley, Leo
• Davis, William H. (William Hammatt), 1879-1964
• Fleming, Philip B. (Philip Bracken), 1887-1955
• Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
• Generals--American--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950
• Government officials--American--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950
• Hannegan, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1903-1949
• Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
• Krug, Julius A. (Julius Albert), 1907-1970
• Leahy, William D.
• Presidents--United States--1940-1950
• Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
• Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
• Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
• Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953
• World War, 1939-1945--Surrenders--Japanese

Genre(s):

• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (August 15, 1945), Section One, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press