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Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981

President Harry S. Truman Watches a Band Aboard the USS Augusta

President Harry S. Truman (center, front row, in large hat) and other unidentified sailors and soldiers watch the USS Augusta's orchestra perform at a show. The Augusta is returning to the United States with President Truman after the Potsdam Conference. Also present in the front row, on the right of President Truman: Secretary of State James Byrnes (pointing at stage); Admiral William Leahy; Captain James Vardaman; Major General Harry Vaughan; unidentified; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman Aboard a Ship

President Harry S. Truman (center background, in large hat) is standing on the USS Augusta, receiving visitors upon his arrival in Antwerp, Belgium. Also present are Ambassador Charles Sawyer (left foreground, facing camera); Major General Harry Vaughan (back left, without hat); Captain James Vardaman (just in front of General Vaughan); Admiral William D. Leahy (to left of President Truman); General Dwight Eisenhower (just in front of Admiral Leahy); and Secretary of State James Byrnes (facing General Eisenhower, with dark band on his hat). All other military officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and Members of His Party on Board the USS Augusta

Foreground, from left to right, Captain James Vardaman, Major General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and President Harry S. Truman are standing on the deck of the USS Augusta. All others are unidentified. President Truman and other members of his party are on board the USS Augusta as they travel to the Potsdam Conference.

The Big Three Sit Down for the First Meeting of the Potsdam Conference

The Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference poses for photographers. President Harry S. Truman is near the center at the back end of the table, wearing a bow tie. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman: Charles Bohlen; two unidentified men; British foreign minister Anthony Eden; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; unidentified British military officer; Clement Attlee; unidentified man; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; two unidentified men; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman (front left) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during his post-election vacation. Behind the President, left to right, are General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. Margaret Truman is leaning over a chair to the right. (Same as photo 64-450). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Truman Holds a Press Conference at the Little White House, Key West

President Harry S. Truman (standing-foreground) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on post-election vacation at Key West, Florida. Of those who can be identified are (standing behind the President - from left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (mostly obscured), and Special Counsel Clark Clifford.) (Same as 2013-3228) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative