Potsdam Conference, 1945

Sailors "man the rail" and salute the USS Augusta at is reaches Antwerp, Belgium. The USS Augusta is carrying President Harry S. Truman and members of his party to the Potsdam Conference. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, waving hat) acknowledges greetings from the shore as the USS Augusta arrives in Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman and his party are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Seated on President Truman's left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, are Captain James Vardaman, Secretary of State James Byrnes (partly obscured), and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified.

Left to right: Secretary of State James Byrnes, General Harry Vaughan (standing), and President Harry S. Truman on the USS Augusta, approaching Antwerp, Belgium. They are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (seated, right) on a boat approaching Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, is Captain James Vardaman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Admiral William D. Leahy. Others are unidentified.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (near middle of ramp) and Admiral Harold Stark (behind Eisenhower) are the first to come aboard the USS Augusta to greet President Harry S. Truman upon his arrival in Antwerp, Belgium. The President is en route to the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

View of Navy ships from the deck of the USS Augusta as it carries President Harry S. Truman and member of his party to the Potsdam Conference.

Secretary of State James Byrnes consults with advisors in preparation for the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right: Charles Bohlen, H. Freeman Matthews, Secretary of State Byrnes, and Ben Cohen. They are on board the USS Augusta, en route to the conference.

Sailors "man the rail" and salute the USS Augusta at is reaches Antwerp, Belgium. The USS Augusta is carrying President Harry S. Truman and members of his party to the Potsdam Conference. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) listens to members of a United States Navy Band playing on board the USS Augusta. President Truman and members of his party are on board the USS Augusta traveling to the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) takes a tour of the USS Augusta with unidentified crewmen. President Truman and members of his party were on board the USS Augusta, traveling to the Potsdam Conference.