Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

President Harry S. Truman steps down from his car after arriving in Berlin, Germany, for flag raising ceremonies. The flag (Flag of Liberation), which flew over the Capitol in Washington, D.C., when America entered the war, will be hoisted over the headquarters of the U.S. Group Control Council, the former headquarters of the Luftwaffe District Comm. The same flag was raised in Rome and is destined to fly over Tokyo. General Patton (back to camera) is saluting the President. The others are unidentified. (See also 66-3441.) President Truman is in Germany for the Potsdam Conference.

General Omar Bradley (second from left) studying a situation map with four commanding senior officers during a tour of the Metz front in Salzburg, Germany. Left to right: General Leven Allen (12th Army Group), General Bradley, General John S. Wood (Commanding General 4th Armored Division), General George S. Patton (Commanding General, 3rd Army), and General Manton S. Eddy (Commanding General XII Corps).

Maj. Gen. Floyd Parks, Gen. George Patton, Col. W. H. Kyle, Mr. John McCloy, Mr. H. H. Bundy, Secretary of War Henry Stimson stand in a half track as they review the 2nd Armored Division in Berlin. Same as 63-1455-45. From: 12x18 Metal album with letters CGR.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at ceremonies held at the United States Group Control Council Headquarters during the first official raising of the United States flag over the headquarters. On the left is General George Patton and General Dwight Eisenhower (second from left). The flag used was the same one that had flown over the Capitol in Washington when war was declared against Germany and since has flown over Casablanca, Algiers, and Rome. (This photo is a part of a larger photo, 66-3450.) President Truman is in Germany for the Potsdam Conference. From: Solomon Bogard.