Armed forces officers

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (foreground, second from right) walks with General Floyd L. Parks at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany where Mr. Stimson has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Taking a part in the Combined Chiefs of Staff discussions at the Potsdam Conference in Germany are, left to right: Lieutenant General Sir Gordon Macready, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke. From Potsdam album, 1945

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (left) and Captain D. M. Somerville arrive at the Gatow Airport in Berlin for the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (center) is greeted by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany where Mr. Churchill has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

First visit of Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin with President Harry S. Truman during the Potsdam Conference. They are at the "Little White House," the residence of President Truman during the conference. Foreground, left to right: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyascheslav Molotov; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Charles Bohlen, President Truman's interpreter; President Truman; Admiral William D. Leahy; V. N. Pavlov, Stalin's interpreter (partly obscured by Stalin); Prime Minister Stalin.

President Harry S. Truman receives a bound German edition of Stars and Stripes from Staff Sergeant Paul Elliott, managing editor, at the Little White House. The Little White House is the President's residence in Germany during the Potsdam Conference. Left to right: Private First Class Ernest Leiser, Berlin correspondent, Stars and Stripes; Staff Sergeant Elliott; Lieutenant Colonel Jack Redding, public relations officer; President Truman; Captain Max H. Gillstrap, editor of the German edition. From Potsdam album, 1945

General of the Army Air Forces, General Henry "Hap" Arnold, left, is greeted by his son, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold who was at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany where General Arnold has arrived for the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945

Taking part in the Combined Chiefs of Staff discussion during the Potsdam Conference in Germany are, left to right: Colonel Thomas Hadden, British Army, and Lieutenant General J. E. Hull, U. S. Army. From Potsdam album, 1945

Taking a part in the Combined Chiefs of Staff discussions at the Potsdam Conference in Germany are, left to right: Marshal of the Royal Air Forces Sir Charles Portal, General Sir Hastings Ismay, and General L. C. Hollis. From Potsdam album, 1945

Admiral Harold Stark (left) and General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) at the dock in Antwerp, awaiting the arrival of President Harry S. Truman, who is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.