Naval officers

Captain James Foskett (third from the right, in naval uniform) attends a dinner on board the USS Augusta as it prepares to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. Others at the table are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) board the HMS Renown to pay a visit to King George VI and are greeted by unidentified officers and crewmen. President Truman is preparing to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (center background, in large hat) is standing on the USS Augusta, receiving visitors upon his arrival in Antwerp, Belgium. Also present are Ambassador Charles Sawyer (left foreground, facing camera); Major General Harry Vaughan (back left, without hat); Captain James Vardaman (just in front of General Vaughan); Admiral William D. Leahy (to left of President Truman); General Dwight Eisenhower (just in front of Admiral Leahy); and Secretary of State James Byrnes (facing General Eisenhower, with dark band on his hat). All other military officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) smiles upon meeting King George VI of England (right). The King paid a visit to President Truman aboard the USS Augusta, as the Augusta was preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference. Also present is Captain James Foskett, Commanding Officer of the Augusta (behind President Truman, mostly obscured).

King George VI of Great Britain gives a salute as he is piped aboard the USS Augusta by unidentified United States Navy officers and sailors. Standing next to King George VI on the stairs is Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. He is visiting President Harry S. Truman, who is on the Augusta to travel back to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (not visible), Secretary of State James Byrnes (inside boat, right) and Admiral William Leahy (inside boat, second from right) travel in a boat to the HMS Renown to call upon King George VI of Great Britain. Sailors on board the ship are unidentified. They are preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

View of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Randolfo Pacciardi, Italian Secretary of Defense, is standing at the microphone. Standing just behind him and to the right is James C. Dunn, United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952). Behind Ambassador Dunn to the left in a white hat is believed to be Admiral Robert B.

View of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Randolfo Pacciardi, Italian Secretary of Defense, is standing at the microphone and reading prepared remarks. Standing to the right of him is James C. Dunn, United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952). Many other unidentified officials/dignitaries are in view as well as interested by-standers.

View of U.S. Admiral Robert B. Carney, commander-in-chief of the NATO forces in Southern Europe (1951-1953) standing second from the right and saluting with two Italian naval officers and one U.S. naval officer. Photograph was taken during a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania.

View of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Randolfo Pacciardi, Italian Secretary of Defense, is standing in suit holding hands. Standing to the right of him and behind the officer at the microphone is James C. Dunn, United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952). Behind Mr. Pacciardi in a white hat is believed to be Admiral Robert B.