Potsdam Conference, 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.

A unit of the British fleet escorts the U. S. S. Augusta across the English channel. President Harry S. Truman in on board the U. S. S. Augusta, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Front row, left to right, New British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin get together to resume work at the Potsdam Conference. In the background, between President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin is Vyacheslav Molotov (with moustache). Others are unidentified. From: Potsdam album, 1945

Participants at the meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Potsdam Conference, left to right: Brigadier General George A. Lincoln, Major General Charles P. Gross, and Lieutenant General John E. Hull. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman steps into an open car in Antwerp, Belgium for a ride to an airfield near Brussels where he will proceed to Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

View of the bedroom in the Little White House in Babelsburg, Germany, President Harry S. Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference. On the bed is a regular Army issue blanket. From Potsdam Album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman receives a salute from the officers and men of the U. S. S. Augusta as he debarks at the port of Antwerp. He is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.