U.S. Army Signal Corps

Preparations were made for the Potsdam Conference in this display in the courtyard between the main gate and entrance to the conference room at Cecilienhof Palace. The star is made of red begonias. From Potsdam album, 1945.

The "Big Three" and their foreign ministers gather in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace during the last day of the Potsdam Conference. Seated, left to right: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Standing, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman talks to Lieutenant Colonel L. Curtis Tiernan of Kansas City, Missouri, Chaplain to U. S. forces in the European theater after church services in Berlin, Germany. The President is attending the Potsdam Conference and is reunited with his chaplain from World War I. Behind President Truman on the left is Major General Harry Vaughan. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Conference table at Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Office and library of President Harry S. Truman in the American quarters of Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany where the Potsdam Conference is being held. This space adjoins the Conference Room proper. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Conference table at Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

United States and Soviet Chiefs of Staff meet in the Cecilienhof Palace during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. In the group are General Antonov (seated in large chair, center rear), Chief of Russian Military Staff; General George C. Marshall (right); General Henry Arnold (seated at General Marshall's left); and Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations (on General Marshall's right). Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U. S. Navy, arrives at the residence of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for a dinner given by the Prime Minister for President Harry S. Truman and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The Guard of Honor, formed by the Scots Guards of the British Brigade of Foot Guards, flanks pathway leading to the house. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Deer statues in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace, site of the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left, back to camera) shaking hands with Secretary of State James Byrnes during the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.