World War, 1939-1945

Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) converse at the War Crimes Trials at 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).

Meeting of the National Executive Committee of the American Legion and World War II consultants in Indianapolis, Indiana.

American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith (left) shown with unidentified civilian and military officer in front of a painting of the flag raising on Iwo Jima.

Newspaper clippings about the Japanese military presence in China, including a New York Times article about "Dramatic Hours as Japan Occupied Part of Shanghai."

The Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. Chester W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy, is seated at a desk signing the document as U.S. representative. A group of Naval officers stands around him. This copy of the photograph is inscribed, "To Ed Pauley - with best wishes and warmest regards," and signed by Nimitz in the lower margin as a gift to Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley.

Hermann Goering (second from left) and other defendants and military police at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals. Several people wear headphones to listen to translations of the proceedings. Members of the Reparations Commission attended the Nuremberg Trials, including Ambassador Edwin Pauley (none visible in this photo).

Hermann Goering and other defendants surrounded by military police at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals. Several people sitting wear headphones to listen to translations of the proceedings. Several members of the Reparations Commission, including Ambassador Edwin Pauley (none visible in photo) attended the Nuremberg Trials.

Ruins of Von Hindenberg's residence in Berlin, Germany. 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).

Remains of Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. 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 destruction in Berlin, Germany. 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).