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President Harry S. Truman (left) talks with Henry Laussucq, 62-year-old Pittsburgh artist (right), during an interview at the White House. Also present is Major General William J. Donovan (center), Office of Strategic Services chief for whom Laussucq operated as advance underground agent in France in preparation for D-Day. The President gave Laussucq his personal congratulations on a job well done.

Vice President Harry S. Truman (glasses, right) raises his hand as he takes oath of office from his predecessor, Henry A. Wallace (left), on the South Portico of the White House. Others in photo are from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy (mostly obscured by Wallace); unidentified Secret Service personnel; unidentified Navy Officer; Colonel James Roosevelt; and Major General Edwin M. Watson.

Left to right: Secretary of State James Byrnes, General Harry Vaughan (standing), and President Harry S. Truman on the USS Augusta, approaching Antwerp, Belgium. They are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Others in the background are unidentified.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (near middle of ramp) and Admiral Harold Stark (behind Eisenhower) are the first to come aboard the USS Augusta to greet President Harry S. Truman upon his arrival in Antwerp, Belgium. The President is en route to the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Major General Harry Vaughan, Captain James Vardaman, unidentified military officer, and President Harry S. Truman are standing on board the deck of the USS Augusta. They and other members of President Harry S. Truman's party are traveling on the USS Augusta to the Potsdam Conference.

Foreground, from left to right, Captain James Vardaman, Major General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and President Harry S. Truman are standing on the deck of the USS Augusta. All others are unidentified. President Truman and other members of his party are on board the USS Augusta as they travel to the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) with an unidentified military officer on the deck of the USS Augusta. Standing off on the left is Major General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. President Truman and other members of his party are board the USS Augusta as they travel to the Potsdam Conference.

United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1953), James C. Dunn, is seen toward the left of the photograph wearing a light colored suit and looking upward. He is attending an air show at the Guidonia Airport near Rome. The woman in the dark dress holding a light colored purse may be Mrs. Dunn. Others are not identified.

Partial body view of United States Ambassador to Italy, James C. Dunn, in formal diplomatic attire holding a top hat to his chest. On the right is Admiral Robert B. Carney giving a salute. Identification with photograph reads: "Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (right), salutes as honors are rendered aboard his flagship, the USS Mt. Olympus, to the Honorable James C. Dunn (hat over heart), U.S. Ambassador to Italy, who was paying the new NATO commander a visit." Location is believed to be Naples, Italy.

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.