Presidential trips

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.

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.

A view of the main lodge at Sun Valley, Idaho, where President Harry S. Truman spent the night while on his Western tour.

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.

A view of the main lodge at Sun Valley, Idaho, where President Harry S. Truman enjoyed an overnight stay on his Western tour.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat as he, Margaret Truman (left) and unidentified others take in the view on an observation platform at Dry Falls Overlook, near the Grand Coulee Dam, a stop on Truman's trip to the West Coast. (see also 2012-245 and 59-236)

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.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren (left) stand on a bridge during his visit to the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State on his Western trip.