In February actress Lauren Bacall sits atop the piano while then Vice President Harry S Truman plays a tune for a Servicemens party at the National Press Club ×
" This is a solemn but glorious hour. General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly all over Europe."
President of United States and Prime Minister of Great Britain descending steps of Presidents residence at Potsdam Germany July More photos here: tco kYwhCdVGJN tco fGjyKScKlb
President and Secretary of State acknowledge honors rendered by British destroyer who has escorted heavy cruiser USS Augusta CA-31 to River Scheldt Potsdam Conference 15 July 3 000 × 2 430
"It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases."