Sold – Truman’s Endorsed Paycheck for the Month the Atomic Bombs Were Dropped and World War II Won
Our research of auction records shows no other Truman signed pay check for any month of his presidency having been publicly offered in the past 30 years.
August 1945: The war was raging on the Pacific Front with hard-fought victory after victory but no end in sight. Seeing this, President Truman made the difficult decision to drop the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6. Two days later the U.S.S.R. declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria. With...
August 1945: The war was raging on the Pacific Front with hard-fought victory after victory but no end in sight. Seeing this, President Truman made the difficult decision to drop the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6. Two days later the U.S.S.R. declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria. With the pressure mounting in the U.S. for the President to bring the war to an end, on August 9 the second Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Then Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki decided to seek an immediate peace with the Allied powers. On August 14, the Japanese accepted unconditional surrender and two weeks later U.S. soldiers landed near Tokyo to begin the occupation of Japan. August 1945 – the culmination of the war – put an end to the years of fighting and secured peace throughout the world.
Presidents are paid for their efforts and seldom has a salary been better earned than Truman’s for the month of August 1945. Printed Document Signed, September 28, 1945, being Truman’s presidential pay check in the amount of $4,884.95 for the month of August 1945, issued by the United States Treasury, and endorsed by him on the verso. The Truman Library confirms that Truman was indeed paid monthly and that the amount of his pay checks varied somewhat because of expenses, reimbursements, and varying tax rates, but that for 1945-7 was close to $5000 per month after withholding.
Our research of auction records shows no other Truman signed pay check for any month of his presidency having been publicly offered in the past 30 years.
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