Potsdam Conference, 1945

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left) and King George VI (right) shake hands during the King's visit aboard the USS Augusta. Also present are President Harry S. Truman (background, center) and Captain James Foskett (second from right, slightly behind Truman). All others are unidentified. King George VI visited the Augusta before it left to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

Leaders of the Big Three Allied nations pose for photographers at the Potsdam Conference. Front row, seated in wicker chairs, left to right: Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, General Joseph Stalin. Back row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (left) at the bow of the USS Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The USS Philadelphia, the Augusta's escort, appears in the distance, steaming ahead.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (in civilian clothes) is standing in the back of the leading half-track as he inspects the 2nd Armored Division in Berlin, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

A destroyer of the British honor escort for the USS Augusta heads back to sea as President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (right) wave good-bye. They have just arrived in Antwerp, Belgium on the Augusta to attend the Potsdam Conference.

King George VI visits President Harry S. Truman on Board the USS Augusta. He is visiting the President before Mr. Truman's return to the United States after attending the Potsdam Conference. Walking down the stairs from top to bottom are: Captain James Vardaman, Admiral Ralph Leatham, President Truman, and King George VI.

President Harry S. Truman eats lunch with members of the crew of the USS Augusta. Seated with him are: Albert Rice, Seaman First Class, Independence, Missouri and Elmo Buck, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, Marceline, Missouri. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany on the USS Augusta.

Accompanied by Secret Service Agent George Drescher (behind Truman), President Harry S. Truman (foreground) carries his lunch tray through the chow line in the crew's mess hall on the USS Augusta. He is en route to the Potsdam Conference. All others sailors in this photograph are unidentified.

Allied leaders sit down for the opening session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is seated foreground (back to camera). Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at left. Secretary of State James Byrnes is seated to the right of President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is seated two to the right of President Truman. British foreign minister Anthony Eden is to the left of Winston Churchill. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is to the left of Prime Minister Stalin. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) stands with Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin (left) and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) at Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference. In the background are Clement Attlee (between President Truman and Churchill) and Admiral William D. Leahy (between Stalin and Truman).