Armed forces officers

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (foreground, left) chats with President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) at an airfield in Brussels, Belgium en route to Potsdam, Germany for the Potsdam conference. United States Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer is in the background on the left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War (center, in civilian suit), arrives at Gatow Field, Berlin, for the Potsdam Conference. At right are Major General Floyd Parks and Major General Edmund Hill. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Participants at the meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Potsdam Conference, left to right: Brigadier General George A. Lincoln, Major General Charles P. Gross, and Lieutenant General John E. Hull. From Potsdam album, 1945.

View of the conference room at the opening of the third day's session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Soviet leader Josef Stalin is at left, leaning back in his chair. Clement Attlee, center, has back turned to the camera. President Harry S. Truman is at top of table, wearing bow tie. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at lower right side of table, back to camera. Vyacheslav Molotov is seated to the right of Josef Stalin.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (left) and Colonel William H. Kyle arrive at the Gatow Airport, Berlin, Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Chiefs of Staff Major General Lauris Norstad, General Henry H. Arnold, and General George C. Marshall at a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

From left to right, unidentified, Major General Floyd Parks, Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and General George S. Patton, Jr., salute as the 2nd Armored Division band plays "Salute to the General" during a review of the division. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General of the Army George C. Marshall passes parade during the Potsdam Conference. Front row, left to right: General Henry H. Arnold, Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, and General Marshall. Behind General Marshall is Admiral Ernest J. King. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album. 1945.

Admiral William D. Leahy, seated at the head of the table, presides over the Joint Chiefs of Staff's meeting at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Admiral Leahy is at the head of the table, back to window. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Chiefs of staff attend a meeting during the Potsdam Conference. From left to right, Brigadier General A. J. McFarland, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Admiral Ernest J. King. From Potsdam album, 1945