U.S. Army Signal Corps

From left to right, Admiral Harold Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer, and Ambassador Charles Sawyer walk to the docks at Antwerp, Belgium to meet President Harry S. Truman who has just arrived on the U. S. S. Augusta en route to attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Winston Churchill (right) on the steps of the Little White House in the Potsdam, Germany. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

English ships escort the U. S. S. Augusta across the English channel on its way to Antwerp, Belgium. President Harry S. Truman is on board, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Civilians and Allied soldiers lined the streets of Antwerp, Belgium to see President Harry S. Truman passing by in an automobile from Antwerp to Brussels, where he boarded a plane for Potsdam, Germany. President Truman is not visible in this picture. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) talks with Staff Sergeant Frank P. Galis of the l37th Infantry, 35th Division, at an airfield near Brussels. President Truman in en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman steps into an automobile in Antwerp, Belgium where he has just arrived en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. This is the first time President Truman has set foot on foreign soil since he became President. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin meets President Harry S. Truman for the first time at the Little White House during the Potsdam Conference. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the conference. Front row, from left to right: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet foreign minister; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; and Prime Minister Josef Stalin. Back row, left to right: Charles Bohlen, assistant to Mr. Byrnes; Admiral William D. Leahy; and V. N. Pavlov, Russian interpreter.

Units of the British fleet escort the U. S. S. Augusta, carrying President Harry S. Truman to the Big Three meeting, across the English channel. In this picture, taken from the U. S. S. Philadelphia, the British vessels (right) have turned around and are taking their leave of the U. S. S. Augusta, which is under the wing of the seaplane. They are at sea off Antwerp, Belgium. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left), en route to the Potsdam Conference, pauses at an airfield near Brussels to speak to Lieutenant Elwin I. Shopteese of the l37th Infantry, 35th Division. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Guardsman Campbell of the Second Battalion, Scots Guard of Honor, while visiting with Winston Churchill. From Potsdam album, 1945.