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The President Greeted at the United States Army Airport by General Dwight D. Eisenhower

President Harry S. Truman is greeted at the Frankfurt, Germany airport by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He has just stepped down from the U. S. Army Air Force plane. There are two unidentified officers standing to either side. During the interlude in the Potsdam Conference when Prime Minister Churchill and Clement Attlee returned to London for British election returns, President Truman flew to Frankfort to inspect U. S. troops. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

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 Truman, Prime Minister Churchill, and Generalissimo Stalin

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Generalissimo Josef Stalin in the Garden at Cecilienhof during their meeting at Potsdam. In the background are a Russian General, at left, and at right are Mr. F. T. Gusev, Soviet Ambassador to London, and military aide to President Truman, General Harry Vaughan. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

The President with L. Curtis Tiernan

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, let) attended Catholic Mass at 11:30 a.m., conducted by Father L. Curtis Tiernan, Chief Chaplain of the United States Army Forces in the European theater (foreground, in white). Father Tiernan had known President Truman from World War I when Father Tiernan was the chaplain for the 129th Field Artillery of the 35th Division (in which Harry Truman served). President Truman is in Germany, attending the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's trip to Potsdam."