The Buck Stops Here

[Sam Clements]

We've already traced it to 1942.  Not Truman.

To further tie it to the military, Newspaper Archive now has three 1942 cites, all military, all describing the sign on a desk of three different officers.  

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=99936859&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=6 Capt.  Spencer Z. Hilliard,  26 April 1942.
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=72504089&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=2 1st Lt. Joseph A. Dooley.  23 May 1942.

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=13832186&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=3  Col. A.B. Warfield.  1 October 1942.  Already noted by Fred Shapiro.

Sam Clements

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