Islands

Color snapshot of Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Fiji at Twilight. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Johnston Island. 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.)

Postcard of Coconut Island, Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii. This island is owned by Edwin Pauley.

Photograph of Jefferson Island, Maryland, where President Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.

Photograph of Jefferson Island, Maryland, and buildings where President Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.

Photograph of the dock gangway to the Jefferson Island Clubhouse, Maryland, where President Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.

Photograph of Jefferson Island Clubhouse, Maryland, showing the front view, where President Harry S. Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.

Photograph of Jefferson Island Clubhouse, Maryland, showing the front side view, where President Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945. From: Records of the U.S. Secret Service

Photograph of Jefferson Island Clubhouse, Maryland, showing the full rear view, where President Harry S. Truman attended a weekend stag party on Sept. 22, 1945.