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The Combined Chiefs of Staff Meet at the Potsdam Conference

63-1455-46
Accession Number
63-1455-46
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348307327
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
HST Keywords
Joint Chiefs of Staff; Potsdam - General file; Truman - Potsdam - Conference Area
People Pictured
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, Viscount, 1883-1963
Cooke, Charles M. (Charles Maynard), 1886-1970
Cornwall-Jones, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), 1900-1980
Cunningham, Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount, 1883-1963
Flanigan, Howard A. (Howard Adams), 1889-1967
Haddon, Thomas, 1913-1993
Hollis, Leslie C. (Leslie Chasemore), 1897-1963
Hull, John Edwin, 1895-1975
Ismay, Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron, 1887-1965
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
Macready, Gordon (Gordon Nevil), 1891-1956
McFarland, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1888-1965
Moore, Charles J., admiral
Norstad, Lauris, 1907-1988
Hungerford, Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, Viscount Portal of, 1893-1971
Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955
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U.S. Army Signal Corps

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Description
The Combined Chiefs of Staff meet on the fourth day of the Potsdam Conference. Clockwise, left to right: Major General Lauris Norstad; General Henry H. Arnold; General George C. Marshall; Brigadier General Andrew J. McFarland (mostly obscured); Admiral William D. Leahy; Admiral Ernest J. King; Vice-Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr.; General Brehon B. Somervell; Rear Admiral Howard A. Flanigan; Captain Charles J. Moore; Lieutenant General Sir Gordon Macready; Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham; Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke; Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Portal; General Sir Hastings Ismay; Major General Leslie C. Hollis; Brigadier General Arthur T. Cornwall-Jones; Colonel Thomas Haddon (back to camera); and Lieutenant General John E. Hull (back to camera). From Potsdam album, 1945
Date(s)
July 21, 1945