Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

President Harry S. Truman (left) is giving Major General Henry "Hap" Arnold (right), commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Distinguished Service Medal.

Admiral Ernest J. King, left, and Rear Admiral Howard A. Flanigan salute the Military Police officers as they leave Cecilienhof Palace, scene of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany after a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Henry H. Arnold follows in the rear. 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 (center rear, with map in front of him), 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.

General George C. Marshall, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, and General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Forces, arrive at the residence of Prime Minister Winston Churchill for a dinner given by the British Prime Minister for President Truman and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during the Potsdam Conference. The two generals return the salute of the Guard of Honor formed by a detachment of Scots Guards of the British Brigade of Foot Guards. 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.

Sir Charles Portal (holding fishing rod), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, and General Henry "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General, U. S. Army Air Forces, fished along a flower-bordered lake in the Potsdam Conference area in Potsdam, Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Gen. Henry H. Arnold (seated, center) with his staff at the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945

Gen Henry H. "Hap" Arnold (seated, center) with his staff at the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified. 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

U. S. Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Potsdam Conference, with General George C. Marshall at far right. General Henry Arnold is second from the right, seated next to General Marshall. From Potsdam album, 1945.