He next gained his own command , serving from 1943 to 1944 as Commanding Officer of the seaplane tender . Stroop spent the last months of the war in Washington , D.C. , serving from 1944 to 1945 in the Navy Department as Aviation Plans Officer on the Staff of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King , the Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief , U.S. Fleet . In this capacity , Stroop attended the Yalta , Quebec , and Potsdam Conferences , later making a trip around the world to inform commands of outcome of the Yalta Conference
Potsdam
Potsdam Conference
Paul D. Stroop