Armed forces officers

Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (left), accompanied by Commander R. E. Dornin, mount the steps to their quarters near the conference area during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. 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.

Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander (left), Supreme Commander, Mediterranean, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and Field Marshal Maitland Wilson, Chief of British Staff Mission in Washington are seen in the garden of Stimson's house in the Potsdam Conference area. The Field Marshals were luncheon guests. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Admiral Harold Stark (left) and General Dwight D. Eisenhower await President Harry S. Truman's arrival at Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference. From the Potsdam album, 1945.

Chiefs of Staff Vice Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr. (foreground, left), and General Brehon B. Somervell, at a meeting of Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman takes the Presidential salute during the playing of the national anthem during the flag raising in Berlin. The "Flag of Liberation" used during the ceremony flew over the Capitol in Washington on December 7, 1941. It was raised in Rome on the day of its liberation on the July 4, 1944. Left to Right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, Jr., President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and General Omar N. Bradley. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Naval Aide Captain James K. Vardaman (left) arrive at the Potsdam Conference area. Military Aide General Harry Vaughan is at right. Secretary of State James Byrnes is standing behind General Vaughan. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets Captain Thomas Francis of the 2nd Battalion Scots, while visiting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (behind President Truman) at the Prime Minister's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Major John E. Lennox, chief of all American messes during the Potsdam Conference in Germany, discusses the day's menu with Women's Army Corps First Lieutenant May Felts, dietician. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) bids goodbye to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (left), as Mr. Stimson prepares to leave for Frankfurt, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.