Naval officers

Paul H. Griffith (right), American Legion National Commander, making a presentation to an unidentified Naval officer.

Admiral John Henry Towers (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) talking at Hickam Field, Honolulu, 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).

American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith (fourth from left) shown with three military officers and one civilian. They are unidentified.

Unidentified naval officer speaking at a dinner. Paul H. Griffith, head of the American Legion, is seated second from left.

American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith (right) shaking hands with unidentified naval officer.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, first to the left of the podium), President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela (seated, second to the left of the podium), Bess Truman (seated, second to the right of the podium) and others on a platform in Bolivar, Missouri. They are attending the ceremonies dedicating a statue of Simon Bolivar. Also present was Admiral William Leahy (far left, in naval uniform). All others are unidentified.

Ambassador Edwin Pauley with identified U.S. Navy officers on board a ship.

From left to right, Admiral J. H. Towers, Commander, 5th Fleet; A. L. Gates, Under-secretary of the Navy; Major General R. C. Marshall, Acting Chief of Staff, AFPAC; and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at Atsugi Airfield, Honshu, Japan. Ambassador Pauley arrived to discuss reparation payments. 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.

From left to right, Admiral John Henry Towers, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, and Major General R. C. Marshall at a dinner held in Pauley's honor at the Imperial Hotel.

From left to right, Major General Akin, Admiral John Henry Towers, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and Major General R. C. Marshall at Pauley's dinner at the Imperial Hotel.