Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman (left), en route to the Potsdam Conference, pauses at an airfield near Brussels to speak to Lieutenant Elwin I. Shopteese of the l37th Infantry, 35th Division. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Guardsman Campbell of the Second Battalion, Scots Guard of Honor, while visiting with Winston Churchill. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, Russian Prime Minister Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together for the first time, just before the opening of the Potsdam Conference at Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (center) examines pistol of Corporal John Tuehy on the grounds of the Potsdam Conference Little White House while Private Julius Barbanell (left) watches. The Little White House is President Truman's residence during the conference. The soldiers are members of the 713th Military Police Battalion. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman says good bye to Mary Churchill, daughter of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, on the steps of the "Little White House," President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Prime Minister Winston Churchill is descending the steps. He has just paid a visit to President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is at the left, behind President Truman. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (hat removed), and General Harry Vaughan (right, back to camera) are also present. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer in a car after President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

L to R: General Harry Vaughan; Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; Charles Bohlen, interpreter for President Truman; V. N. Pavlov, interpreter for Stalin; Captain James K. Vardaman (mostly obscured by Truman); President Harry S. Truman; Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. They are attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) watches President Harry S. Truman cut a special Presidential cake baked by Master Sergeant Benedict A. Tamal. Major John E. Lennox watches. The cake presentation was held at the Little White House, President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

At an airfield near Brussels, Belgium President Harry S. Truman, en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany, speaks to a member of the 137th Regiment of the 35th Division. The 35th Division was designated as honor guard because it was the President's outfit in World War I. The soldier speaking to the President is Staff Sergeant Ernie Atkin of Madisonvale, Tennessee. Same as 63-1454-34. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets Captain Clyde R. Mills, a member of the 137th Infantry, 35th Division, at an airfield near Brussels. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam Album, 1945.