Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman stands at attention during the playing of the National Anthem as an honor guard from the 2nd Armored Division presents arms at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany. The President has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. To the left of President Truman is Secretary of State James Byrnes. From: Potsdam album, 1945. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Meeting of the foreign secretaries at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Ernest Bevin, British Minister for Foreign Affairs is foreground, opposite the British flag, back to camera; Secretary of State James Byrnes is on the right, opposite the United States flag, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov is at left (with moustache). Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Tanks and men of the 3rd Armored Division, 23rd Corps, Seventh Army, line a highway as President Harry S. Truman passes by in his sedan during his visit to inspect troops at Neu-Isenburg, Germany. President Truman has just left the Potsdam Conference for a quick tour of the American occupied area From Potsdam album, 1945

Members of the newly appointed British delegation sit at the conference table during their first meeting of the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is third from left and Prime Minister Clement Attlee is fourth from left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (second from left) walk in the garden of the Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945

General scene showing activity in front of the Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman, assisted from sedan by one of his staff, meets Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey at Neu-Isenburg, Germany, for a military inspection. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (left), accompanied by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), chats with Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey, before reviewing troops at Neu-Isenburg, Germany. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. General Hickey is the Commanding General of the Third Armored Division, Seventh Army. From Potsdam album, 1945

C-54 transport planes line up after their arrival at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany. These planes brought President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman is sitting in a sedan with Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey, Commanding General of the 3rd Armored Division during the President's visit to inspect troops in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. The President has just left the Potsdam Conference for a quick tour of the American occupied area. From Potsdam album, 1945