Potsdam Conference, 1945

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.

President Harry S. Truman (on ramp, wearing hat) leaves the USS Augusta at Antwerp, Belgium to embark on a flight to Berlin, Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. Walking behind President Truman is Secretary of State James Byrnes. Photographers and all others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) smiles upon meeting King George VI of England (right). The King paid a visit to President Truman aboard the USS Augusta, as the Augusta was preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference. Also present is Captain James Foskett, Commanding Officer of the Augusta (behind President Truman, mostly obscured).

United States Ambassador to Great Britain John G. Winant (left) and an unidentified United States Army officer are preparing to board the USS Augusta to meet with President Harry S. Truman. They visited President Truman on board the ship as he was returning to the United States from the Potsdam Conference. From the album President's trip to the Berlin Conference, vol. 2 of 2

King George VI of Great Britain gives a salute as he is piped aboard the USS Augusta by unidentified United States Navy officers and sailors. Standing next to King George VI on the stairs is Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. He is visiting President Harry S. Truman, who is on the Augusta to travel back to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (not visible), Secretary of State James Byrnes (inside boat, right) and Admiral William Leahy (inside boat, second from right) travel in a boat to the HMS Renown to call upon King George VI of Great Britain. Sailors on board the ship are unidentified. They are preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

Unidentified sailor are on board a ship, with other ships visible in the distance, somewhere near Great Britain. This photo was taken as the USS Augusta returned to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.