U.S. Army Signal Corps

Members of the Reparations Mission committee at Mines Field Airport, Los Angeles, California, before takeoff. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

General George F. Schulgen (second from left) at a party in Beverly Hills, California. He was a member of Edwin Pauley's Reparations Mission.

From left to right, Elbert L. Pauley, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and Martin Bennett, in Beverly Hills, California. Edwin Pauley and Mr. Bennett are involved with the Reparations Mission.

Jute box factory workers' homes in Liaoyang, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Reparations Mission attends dinner at Soldiers' Club in Liaoyang, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Dick Johnston standing inside a roasting kiln in the Sponge Iron Plant at Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A crowd of Chinese people, many holding flags and banners, stands waiting to welcome Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at the railroad station in Fushun, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, carrying flowers in center of photograph, being welcomed at the Fushun, Manchuria, railroad station. Pauley is walking beside an unidentified Chinese man, and other members of his party stand in the background along with Chinese men. A uniformed group of young Chinese men stand in formation to the side, as do two young Chinese girls. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Sign on wall at banquet attended by Reparations Mission party at City Hall in Fushun, Manchuria. Sign reads, "Those industry installations illegally removed must be returned." Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Members of the Reparations Mission party at a banquet at City Hall in Fushun, Manchuria. Sign on wall behind them reads, "We are happy to have you in Fushon to make an investigation." Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).