Airports

Reparations Mission party arrives at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (second from left with his back to the camera) stands with a group of unidentified military personnel. 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).

Unidentified members of the Reparations Mission arrive at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. 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 (second from right) stands outside a military plane with unidentified military personnel and another civilian, upon his arrival at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. 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 (standing with his side to the camera, wearing dark hat) stands outside a military plane, conversing with unidentified military personnel upon his arrival at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. 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 (standing with his side to the camera) talks with unidentified military personnel upon his arrival at Hickam Field, Hawaii. 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 (second from right in circle of four in center of photograph) talks with three unidentified men upon his arrival at Hickam Field, Hawaii. 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 arrive at Hickam Field, Hawaii. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, second full figure from the right, is standing with his back to the camera, talking with an unidentified man. 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 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).

Thorne says goodbye to Chinese Communists and Cleaveland does the same to Soviet Tass correspondent as Mission leaves Harbin. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Dick Johnston (left) and Thorne (right), ready for take-off for Harbin from airport in Mukden, 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).