World War, 1939-1945
Last meeting of the Potsdam Conference
Last meeting of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is on the right, opposite the United States flag on the table. Seated to the right of President Truman are Secretary of State James Byrnes, Admiral William Leahy, and Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko. Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at the top, in the white uniform. Seated on the left of Stalin is Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee is seated in the left corner, opposite the British flag on the table.
The Little White House during the Potsdam Conference
Stalin, President Truman, and others during the Potsdam Conference
Stalin, Truman, and Churchill at Potsdam
Attlee, Truman, and Stalin at Potsdam
President Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam
World War II plane
Heinkel He 177 Greif airplane developed by Germany for use in World War II. This was the second HE 177 A-0 production prototype (A-02) with broad-bladed propellers, bearing radio code "DL+AQ." There is a swastika on the tail.
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Blast
World War II soldiers with captured Nazi flag
Co. brought to this country to tell civilians about the German counter offensive in the Ardennes, and well qualified to do the job, the group shown above, holding a captured Nazi Swastika, will tour the Sixth Service Command, making talks to war workers urging them to increase the output of vital war supplies. Left to right, they are: Sgt. Frederick R. Wheeler, Charleston, S.C.; Sgt. Hugh D. Thompson, Lufkin, Texas; Sgt. Samuel B. Hendrix, Claxton, Ga., 1st Lieut. Walter J. McDowell, Hackensack., N.J.; Capt. James H., Cruickshank, Elizabeth, N.J.; Sgt. James E.