Potsdam Conference, 1945

President Harry S. Truman greets Col. L. Curtis Tiernan, Chaplain to U. S. forces in the European Theatre, and some of the soldiers who also attended Catholic services held in the U. S. Compound of the Berlin conference area. Col. Tiernan was Chaplain of President Truman's World War I unit. The photo is autographed (copy) as follows: "Highest regards to my favorite Chaplain, Col. L. Curtis Tiernan, Harry S. Truman." (Similar to 66-3451, 64-48, and 63-1455-48). From: Jack Denzer.

From left to right: Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Marshall Joseph Stalin at a meeting of the Allies at Potsdam. This image is a slight crop of another image in our collection, 63-1457-28.

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference. Josef Stalin can be seen at the center of the table in the white uniform. Others from his left are: unidentified Soviet military official; Andre Gromyko; Admiral William Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Charles Bohlen; Joseph E. Davies; Sir Alexander Cadogan; Clement R. Attlee; Major Birse of Britain; unidentified Soviet official; Andre I. Vishinsky, Soviet Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyashaslav Molotov. The Soviet official between Vishinsky and Molotov is A. B.

President Truman is shown in an open car with General Dwight Eisenhower (center) and General Omar Bradley on their way to a Potsdam conference. From: Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer.

President Harry S. Truman leaves his temporary "White House" to attend a meeting of the Potsdam Conference. Behind President Truman on the stairs, from left to right, is Captain James K. Vardaman, U. S. Navy, the President's naval aide; and Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, his military aide. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) gesticulate in a friendly argument under a tree in the garden of the "Little White House" at Potsdam, Germany. Similar to 89-76 and 70-5953. From: Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer.

President Harry S. Truman, in a quick tour of Berlin, inspects the wreckage of Hitler's Chancellery located in the heart of the city. In the car with the President is Secretary of State James Byrnes (center), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. They are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Same as 70-5951, 63-1455-35 and 63-1454-43, but not cropped like those. From: Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer.

From left to right, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman and Marshal Josef Stalin at Potsdam. Others in the photo are unidentified. Photo was taken by a German whose camera was confiscated. Members of the 2nd Armored Division made a few prints. From: L. R. Spencer.

Big Three with staffs around the Conference table. President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Premier Joseph Stalin. Stalin is in white uniform; Truman and Attlee are seated in chairs with decorative carvings on the corners of the back. Others: Vyacheslav Molotov to the left of Stalin. Andrei Gromyko, James Byrnes, and Admiral William D. Leahy to Truman's right. Ernest Bevin in front foreground, back turned. Same as 63-1457-21.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) are pictured here on the steps of the Little White House in the Conference area. From: Potsdam Album.