President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> officially proclaims the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_2714" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Proclamation 2714">end of hostilities</a> in World War II.