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The Combined Chiefs of Staff Meet at the Potsdam Conference

The Combined Chiefs of Staff meet on the fourth day of the Potsdam Conference. Clockwise, left to right: Major General Lauris Norstad; General Henry H. Arnold; General George C. Marshall; Brigadier General Andrew J. McFarland (mostly obscured); Admiral William D. Leahy; Admiral Ernest J. King; Vice-Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr.; General Brehon B. Somervell; Rear Admiral Howard A. Flanigan; Captain Charles J.

Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference

The Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference poses for photographers. President Harry S. Truman is near the center at the back end of the table, wearing a bow tie. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman: Charles Bohlen; two unidentified men; British foreign minister Anthony Eden; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; unidentified British military officer; Clement Attlee; unidentified man; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; two unidentified men; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes.

Top Nazi leaders on trial in the Palace of Justice courtroom at Nuremberg, Germany

Top Nazi leaders, on trial before an International Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany, showed intense interest as prosecutors began introducing documents on the third day of the trials. Hermann Goering (front row left in the box) takes notes, and Rudolph Hess (second from left) watches the proceedings intently. Next to Hess is former foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Left to right in the back row are Admirals Karl Donitz and Erich Raeder.

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Visit President and Mrs. Truman

(L-R) Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Princess Elizabeth; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess Truman, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, and President Harry S. Truman pose for a photograph at the Canadian Embassy during the Princess's visit to Washington, D.C. This photograph is a larger color version of 2003-1668. Original Signal Corps photo C-6741.