Cabinet officers

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) receives the latest weather report from an unidentified crew member of the USS Augusta (left) as he discusses preparations for the Potsdam Conference with Secretary of State James Byrnes (second from left) and Admiral William Leahy (right).

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) and Admiral William Leahy (right), at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

Leaders of the Big Three Allied nations pose for photographers at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, seated in wicker chairs, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) and Admiral William Leahy (right), at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets with Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at one of their discussions in preparation for the Potsdam conference. They are traveling to the Conference on board the USS Augusta.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) and King George VI (right) shake hands during the King's visit aboard the USS Augusta. Also present are President Harry S. Truman (background, center) and Captain James Foskett (second from right, slightly behind Truman). All others are unidentified. King George VI visited the Augusta before it left to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

Leaders of the Big Three Allied nations pose for photographers at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, seated in wicker chairs, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at the bow of the USS Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The USS Philadelphia, the Augusta's escort, appears in the distance, steaming ahead.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (in civilian clothes) is standing in the back of the leading half-track as he inspects the 2nd Armored Division in Berlin, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.