Potsdam Conference, 1945

Chiefs of Staff Vice Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr. (foreground, left), and General Brehon B. Somervell, at a meeting of Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman takes the Presidential salute during the playing of the national anthem during the flag raising in Berlin. The "Flag of Liberation" used during the ceremony flew over the Capitol in Washington on December 7, 1941. It was raised in Rome on the day of its liberation on the July 4, 1944. Left to Right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, Jr., President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and General Omar N. Bradley. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Naval Aide Captain James K. Vardaman (left) arrive at the Potsdam Conference area. Military Aide General Harry Vaughan is at right. Secretary of State James Byrnes is standing behind General Vaughan. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) greets Captain Thomas Francis of the 2nd Battalion Scots, while visiting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (behind President Truman) at the Prime Minister's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Major John E. Lennox, chief of all American messes during the Potsdam Conference in Germany, discusses the day's menu with Women's Army Corps First Lieutenant May Felts, dietician. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Participants in the Potsdam Conference in Germany stand mingling in the conference room at Cecilienhof Palace. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin pose for cameramen at the top of photo. Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov far right. Clement Attlee, far left. From Potsdam album, 1945.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) bids goodbye to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (left), as Mr. Stimson prepares to leave for Frankfurt, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

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.

Units of the British fleet escort the U. S. S. Augusta (left), carrying President Harry S. Truman to the Potsdam Conference, across the English channel as the Augusta nears Antwerp, Belgium. From Potsdam album, 1945.