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Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959

Admiral Leahy greets Prime Minister Churchill

Fleet Admiral William Leahy (foreground, left) greets Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground, right) at the entrance to the "Little White House," President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference, as the Prime Minister calls on the President for the first time. In the background are (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Mary Churchill, the daughter of Winston Churchill, and Prime Minister Churchill's bodyguard. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1."

The President looks at the docks at Antwerp

President Harry S. Truman and his party look at the docks at Antwerp as the U. S. S. Augusta prepares to dock. Seated are President Truman (left, with binoculars) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (right). Standing are, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Captain James K. Vardaman; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Admiral William D. Leahy. Truman is aboard the U. S. S. Augusta, traveling to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

President Truman and Staff on Vacation

Group photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his staff while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy. Back row, left to right: Robert Landry, Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Matthew Connelly, William Hassett, Joseph Short, Harry Vaughan, and Wallace Graham.

President Truman and staff on vacation

Group photo of President Harry S. Truman and his party while on vacation at Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, William Hassett. Back row, left to right: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, Wallace Graham, and Eben Ayers.

The Big Three with their advisors prior to opening of meetings of the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Union Prime Minister Josef Stalin and their advisors are seated around the round conference table prior to the opening of one of the Potsdam Conference meetings in Potsdam, Germany. President Truman has his back to the camera; Prime Minister Stalin is on the right side of the photograph; Prime Minister Churchill is on the left side; they are in the chairs with more ornamentation on the backs.

President Harry S. Truman Returns to the United States After the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party aboard the USS Augusta as the ship entered Chesapeake Bay, returning President Truman from the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Fourth from left is ship's clerk Edwin L. Hoying; Captain James Vardaman is sixth from the left (in dark uniform); to his left is Press Secretary Charles Ross; to his left is Secretary of State James Byrnes; to his left is President Truman; and to his left is Admiral William Leahy. Lieutenant George Elsey is the tall person two rows behind President Truman.