Presidents

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.

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.

From left to right, Russian Prime Minister Josef Stalin, President Harry S. Truman, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together for the first time, just before the opening of the Potsdam Conference at Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman (center) examines pistol of Corporal John Tuehy on the grounds of the Potsdam Conference Little White House while Private Julius Barbanell (left) watches. The Little White House is President Truman's residence during the conference. The soldiers are members of the 713th Military Police Battalion. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman says good bye to Mary Churchill, daughter of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, on the steps of the "Little White House," President Truman's residence during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Prime Minister Winston Churchill is descending the steps. He has just paid a visit to President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is at the left, behind President Truman. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (hat removed), and General Harry Vaughan (right, back to camera) are also present. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Ambassador to Belgium Charles Sawyer in a car after President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

L to R: General Harry Vaughan; Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin; Charles Bohlen, interpreter for President Truman; V. N. Pavlov, interpreter for Stalin; Captain James K. Vardaman (mostly obscured by Truman); President Harry S. Truman; Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Secretary of State James Byrnes; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. They are attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.