Ships

Captain James H. Foskett (center, foreground) shakes hands with an unidentified officer after his change of command ceremony aboard the USS Augusta. All others unidentified.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes and Captain James Foskett, commanding officer of the USS Augusta. Captain Foskett describes a pelorus to the others. They are aboard the Augusta en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (foreground, second from left) and King George VI (center, right) shake hands during the King visit aboard the USS Augusta. Also present are Admiral William D. Leahy (left), President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left, mostly obscured by King George VI), Captain James Foskett (right), and Captain James K. Vardaman (just behind Captain Foskett). All others are unidentified. King George VI visited the Augusta before it left to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

Captain James H. Foskett walks down stairs in front of another officer during his change of command ceremony aboard the USS Augusta. All others are unidentified.

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.

An unidentified Navy officer gives a speech during the change of command ceremony for Captain James H. Foskett (far left) aboard the USS Augusta. All others unidentified.

Captain James H. Foskett (left) shakes hands with unidentified servicemen during his change of command ceremony aboard the USS Augusta. Other soldiers and armed forces officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman informally inspects the USS Augusta while traveling to Antwerp for the Potsdam Conference. From left to right: President Truman, Captain James Foskett, and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (behind Foskett). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is greeted by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) aboard the USS Augusta on its arrival in Antwerp, Belgium for the Potsdam Conference.

President Harry S. Truman is greeted as he arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Admiral H. R. Stark, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Ambassador Charles Sawyer, President Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower.