Truman, Harry S., as thirty-third President

Broadside signed ("Harry Truman"), "By the President of the United States A Proclamation, The Allied Armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender ... ," 1 page (21 x 14 in.; 534 x 356 mm), Washington, D.C., 8 May 1945, printed in two columns in roman and gothic type, 3-line gold initial, alternating red and blue paragraph initials, inscribed "To Commander Clark W. Clifford and Mrs. Clifford, This was a happy birthday for me. I hope this will be a happy Christmas for you" and dated 25 December 1945, red-white-blue silk ribbon laid across lower right corner. Glazed and framed.

A V-E Day proclamation, signed by the President, celebrating the victory, but girding to continue the Pacific war, giving thanks to God, and setting aside 13 May 1945 as a day of prayer.

"The western world has been freed of the evil forces which for five years and longer have imprisoned the bodies and broken the lives of millions upon millions of free-born men ... Much remains to be done. The victory won in the West must now be done in the East. The whole world must be cleansed of the evil from which half the world has been freed ... Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby appoint Sunday, May 13, 1945, to be a day of prayer ... I also call upon my countrymen to dedicate this day of prayer to the memory of those who have given their lives to make possible our victory ..."