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President Truman with Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and others at Potsdam Conference

63-1453-4
Accession Number
63-1453-4
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348307113
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidents
HST Keywords
Flags; Potsdam - Berlin; Truman - Potsdam - Berlin
People Pictured
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman attends ceremonies at the U. S. Group Control Council Headquarters in Berlin, Germany where the first American flag was raised over the headquarters (Flag of Liberation). Foreground, from left to right: Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lieutenant General George Patton, President Truman, Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, and General Omar Bradley. In the background, between General Patton and President Truman, is Truman's Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's trip to Potsdam."

Date(s)
July 20, 1945