Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the Navy

Signed by Harry S. Truman on May 26, 1945.

No later action on file

Read the full order Share this status Open the official source ↗

Signed recordMay 26, 1945

The date the President signed it.

Publication record10 FR 6151

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

This is the later action on file. It is not a broad legal conclusion.

Primary evidence

The official record

Open the government publication or archive entry we used for this file.

National Archives record of later actions↗

Cite this record

Reference number: eo-9556
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556
Official source: National Archives ↗
Last checked: October 27, 2026Executive-order archive last refreshed from the Federal Register and National Archives

AP style

Power & Politics, "Executive Order 9556: Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the …," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 9556: Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the … [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 9556: Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the …." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556.

BibTeX

@misc{votefiles_eo_9556,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 9556: Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the …}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-9556; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1945-truman.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}

Plain link

https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9556

Cite the official source for the underlying fact. Power & Politics reference number never changes for this record. AP, APA and Chicago are standard citation styles for news and academic writing, and BibTeX is the format reference-manager programs read.

The order itself

As signed

The complete text of the order.

Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Note The authority of this Executive order was terminated by the repeal of the First War Powers Act of 1941 by Public Law 89-554, 80 Stat. 651.

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

All presidential documents on file for this president →

← Back to the presidential record · Read source notes