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Harry Truman being sworn in as the President of the United States, White House, Washington DC, United States, 12 Apr 1945

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Caption     Harry Truman being sworn in as the President of the United States, White House, Washington DC, United States, 12 Apr 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Washington, United States
Date 12 Apr 1945
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Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   73-1909
 
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Photos on Same Day 12 Apr 1945
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 2,918 x 1,304 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed C. Peter Chen says:
8 Nov 2010 07:47:30 PM

From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor Henry Stimson, Secretary of War Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission Francis Biddle, Attorney General Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury Harry S. Truman Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State Bess Wallace Truman Harlan Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House Fred Vinson, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion Representative Joseph Martin, House Minority Leader Representative Robert Ramspeck, House Democratic Whip Representative John McCormack, House Majority Leader.

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