Stadiums

Richard Beckman attends the G.I. Olympics held at the Berlin Olympic Stadium in post-war Berlin, Germany during occupation. All are unidentified.

Richard Beckman, far left, visits the Berlin Olympic Stadium with Milton Kroll and an unknown man. They are looking over the records from the Berlin Olympics. Richard Beckman and Milton Kroll were agents, for the Criminal Investigation Division, United States Army, assigned to protect President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

Richard Beckman, left, visits the Berlin Olympic Stadium with Milton Kroll. Richard Beckman and Milton Kroll were agents, for the Criminal Investigation Division, United States Army, assigned to protect President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

View of an empty Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany during Allied Forces occupation.

The Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.

This is a view of the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece where the first world Olympics took place in 1896. It was reconstructed in the 19th century.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff attending a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. From left to right are: Vice President Alben Barkley; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; Major General Harry Vaughan (behind Vinson); Major General Robert Landry (behind Truman); President Truman; Matthew Connelly (behind Truman and Griffith); Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators; Admiral William D. Leahy; Bucky Harris, manager of Senators; Lou Boudreau, manager of the Red Sox. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

A baseball game is played at an unidentified location in Japan. All people are unidentified. Scanned from original negative.

A baseball game is played at an unidentified location in Japan. Scanned from original negative.

Aerial view of the National Stadium, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, baseball stadium, and swimming pools for the 18th Olympic games.