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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.

Ambassador James C. Dunn and Admiral Robert B. Carney

Partial body view of United States Ambassador to Italy, James C. Dunn, in formal diplomatic attire holding a top hat to his chest. On the right is Admiral Robert B. Carney giving a salute. Identification with photograph reads: "Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (right), salutes as honors are rendered aboard his flagship, the USS Mt. Olympus, to the Honorable James C. Dunn (hat over heart), U.S. Ambassador to Italy, who was paying the new NATO commander a visit." Location is believed to be Naples, Italy.

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 Truman Holds a Press Conference in Key West

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, while on a post-election vacation. Standing behind the President, from left to right are Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by flash camera), Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. (Same as 2013-3160) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman Holds a Press Conference, Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on post-election vacation in Key West, Florida. Of those who can be identified, standing behind Truman are (from left to right) Captain Robert Dennison, Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.