Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman (left) and King George VI (center, left) shake hands after the King's arrival on the USS Augusta. King George VI visited President Truman on board the Augusta before it returned to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. All other sailor and naval officers are unidentified.

The British White Ensign flies on the mast of the USS Augusta while King George VI of England is on board visiting President Harry S. Truman. The Augusta is preparing return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman (center, left, without hat) and King George VI of England (center, right) converse aboard the crowded ship deck of the USS Augusta. Also present are Admiral William D. Leahy (second from left), Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (left), Captain James F. Foskett (center, left, behind President Truman). All other soldiers, sailors, photographers, and others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Tuman (center, left) and James F. Byrnes (center, right)are saluted by Navy officers and crewmen aboard the USS Augusta. They are preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

British Admiral Ralph Leatham (center right, in dark hat) salutes the officers and sailors aboard the USS Augusta. Admiral Leatham boarded the Augusta with King George VI, who paid a visit to President Harry S. Truman on board the Augusta before it returned to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

View of the HMS Renown from the USS Augusta. President Harry S. Truman traveled from the USS Augusta to visit King George VI of Great Britain on the HMS Renown as he was leaving the Potsdam Conference.

Captain James Foskett (third from the right, in naval uniform) attends a dinner on board the USS Augusta as it prepares to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. Others at the table are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) board the HMS Renown to pay a visit to King George VI and are greeted by unidentified officers and crewmen. President Truman is preparing to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (center background, in large hat) is standing on the USS Augusta, receiving visitors upon his arrival in Antwerp, Belgium. Also present are Ambassador Charles Sawyer (left foreground, facing camera); Major General Harry Vaughan (back left, without hat); Captain James Vardaman (just in front of General Vaughan); Admiral William D. Leahy (to left of President Truman); General Dwight Eisenhower (just in front of Admiral Leahy); and Secretary of State James Byrnes (facing General Eisenhower, with dark band on his hat). All other military officers are unidentified.

View from the USS Augusta of other ships and the shoreline near Great Britain. The USS Augusta is preparing to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. The ship on the left is likely the HMS Renown.