World War, 1939-1945

Destruction in Tokyo after World War II. 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).

Destruction in Tokyo after World War II. 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).

Peiping, China, Winter Palace. Table at which local Japanese Commander signed surrender in 1945. Costumes lined up behind table are those of ancient Chinese palace guards. Chinese throne is in background. 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).

Bridge in Mutanchiang, China, across the Mutan River, demolished by retreating Japanese. People unidentified. 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).

Scene of bomb and fire damage in Tokyo, Japan. A six-story building shows evidence of fire damage. 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).

Scene of bomb and fire damage in Tokyo, Japan. A Japanese man walks toward the camera on a street with rubble piled by the side. 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).

Scene of bomb and fire damage in Tokyo, Japan. A child walks away from the camera on a street with rubble piled by the side. 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).

Scene of bomb and fire damage in Tokyo, Japan. A wooden building stands amidst rubble. 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 (left) and Russian Prosecutor S. A Golenski (right) converse at War Crimes Trials in 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).

From left to right, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, U.S. Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan, and Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski conversing at the War Crimes Trials in 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).