Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) is presented with a bound volume of the Germany Edition of the Stars and Stripes by Staff Sergeant Paul Elliott, Managing Editor of this edition. Also with the President are Colonel Jack M. Redding (third from the left), Army Public Relations Officer, Captain Max Gillstrap and Private Ernest S. Leiser, staff members of the Stars and Stripes. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

In a ceremony at the airport in Frankfort, Germany, President Harry S. Truman (third from left) presents Distinguished Service Medals to (opposite the President, L to R:) General H. D. G. Crerar, Canadian Army; Air Marshall Sir Arthur Coningham; Air Marshall Sir James Robb; and Major General Sir F. W. Guingand. President Truman is in Frankfurt to inspect U. S. troops during a break in the Potsdam Conference. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

President Harry S. Truman visiting the troops during a break in the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right: unidentified soldier, President Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Major General A. G. Bolling, Commander of the 84th Infantry Division. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman inspecting the Honor Guard of the 84th Infantry Division at Heppenheim, Germany. President Truman is on a break during the Potsdam Conference. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes) inspecting troops near Berlin, during a break at the Potsdam Conference. Secretary of States James Byrnes is in the background, in civilian clothes, standing near the car. Others are unidentified. From the Album, Number 2; "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

President Harry S. Truman on a country road near Frankfurt, Germany inspecting units of the 84th Infantry Division. President Truman is at the left, standing by a microphone. Secretary of State James Byrnes is to the left of President Truman. Major General Harry Vaughan (wearing sunglasses) is standing behind Truman. The President is on a break from the Potsdam Conference. From the Album, Number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

At flag-raising ceremony in Berlin, Germany, from left to right, General Dwight Eisenhower, General George Patton, and President Harry S. Truman. The Flag of Liberation is being raised over the former Nazi headquarters in Berlin. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference.

From left to right (back seat): President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Admiral William Leahy ride in a car past the ruins of the Reichschancellery in Berlin, Germany, where Hitler often spoke from the gallery. They are driving through Berlin, surveying the damage from Allied bombing. Unidentified Secret Service men and others surround the automobile. Standing talking to President Truman is probably Harry Vaughan. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman sits at a window of his private plane, "The Sacred Cow," prior to taking off for England from Antwerp, Belgium. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #2."

The USS Augusta, on which President Harry S. Truman and members of his party sailed from Newport News, Virginia to Antwerp, Belgium and aboard which they returned from Plymouth England after the Berlin Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1".