Potsdam Conference, 1945

Lieutenant May Felts, dietician to the U. S. forces during the Potsdam Conference at Potsdam, Germany, faces the dining room staff as she gives them final instructions regarding service to the members of the delegations. From left to right: T/5 Elva R. Hatton, Morehead, Kentucky; Private Harry E. Rimbach, Bangor, Maine; Private Jack Schwarz, Newark, Ohio; Private Ed Padden, Lackawanna, New York; Private First Class John Zerbe, Clemside, Ohio; Private First Class Jerry Zeleski, Detroit, Michigan; Private John Rock, Hampden, Massachusetts; Private Sam Di Antonio, Bronx, New York; Private P.

Gen. Henry H. Arnold (seated, center) with his staff at the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Private First Class William Gleason (left) of Somerville, Massachusetts, Military Policeman on duty at the gate entrance to the "Little White House," residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference, checks the passes of Corporal Mary W. Whiteus, Conesville, Ohio and Corporal Charlotte Szostek, Gary, Indiana, as they leave the area. They operate the telephone switchboard during the day shift. From Potsdam album, 1945

Private First Class William Gleason checks passes of Corporal Alma Bradley and Corporal Eleanor Moynihan as they leave the Potsdam Conference area. They are telephone operators. From: Potsdam album, 1945

British troops march down the Charlottenberger Chausee in Berlin and pass the reviewing stand during Potsdam Conference. From: Potsdam album, 1945.

Leaving the Potsdam conference area are Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) and W. Averell Harriman. From Potsdam album, 1945

Women's Army Corps telephone operators, Corporal Alma Bradley and Corporal Eleanor Moynihan leave the Little White House (residence of President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference). Private First Class William Gleason is at the gate. From Potsdam album, 1945

Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell (foreground, left) shakes hands with Brigadier General Earl Hoag, upon arrival at Gatow Airport in Berlin, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of War Henry Stimson and party riding in half-track on an inspection tour of the Second Armored Division near the Potsdam Conference. Left to right are: Major General Floyd Parks, General George S. Patton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, Secretary Stimson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War Harvey H. Bundy, and Brigadier General John H. Collier. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Delegates seated for the Potsdam Conference at the conference table at Cecilienhof Palace. President Harry S. Truman, left foreground (facing the American flag on the table), James F. Byrnes and Admiral William Leahy to his right; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, upper left (facing the British flag on the table) with Clement Attlee two to the right of Mr. Churchill. Premier Josef Stalin (facing the Russian flag on the table, gesturing with his right arm) and Vyascheslav Molotov at right. Averell Harriman at extreme left. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945