Soldiers

Norman Taylor (front left), member of Reparations Mission, stands by a Chinese Nationalist soldier wearing a belt full of hand grenades, at Anshan, Manchuria. Two unidentified men stand behind them. 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).

Soviet soldiers in the process of removing heavy equipment from a factory in Manchuria. Picture copied from photo furnished by Chinese authorities in Manchuria to the U.S. Reparations Mission. 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).

John Matles (second from right), member of Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, investigates Chinese mess 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and Barbara "Bobbe" Pauley (at right) and the crew of the C-54, special Mission plane. Next to Ambassador Pauley in the front is Major William Westerfield, Chief Pilot for C-54, special mission plane. 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).

Postcard of three World War I American solders. Left to right: Sgt. Koganl, Sgt. Fugitt, and "brother" (not known which "brother"). From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Postcard of a man and woman greeting American soldiers during World War I. "In 1870 their little home fell a victim of the German hordes, and in 1918 they lived to greet their American liberators." From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Postcard of a daring American fighter (soldier) braving German machine gun nests, setting off a smoke pot to hide the infantry advance. From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Black-and-white post card of a column of German prisoners taken by the 27th American Division when they broke through the famous Hindenburg line at Bellicourt, guarded by soldiers on horses. This was during World War I. From: William H. Garzke, Sr.

Snapshot taken in Korea of four unidentified soldiers standing by injured Koreans lying in stretchers on the ground. It is not known whether they are friend or enemy. From: Brenda Thompson.