World War, 1939-1945

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pauley before the Reparations tour. 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).

Mrs. Simpson, Gail Carter, and Mrs. McHenry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pauley before the Reparations tour. 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 Brown, Finke, Ward Cory, and Robert W. Baker at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pauley before the Reparations tour. 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).

The staff of the Pauley Reparations tour before take off at the National Airport, Washington, D.C. 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 to Frankfurt, Germany 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Scene of destruction to Frankfurt, Germany, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Damaged Buildings 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).

A photograph of a painting Of the Big Three Conference showing President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The three men are seated. The artist who painted this work of art is not known. The Big Three Conference took place at Potsdam, Germany. Donor: Thomas Watson.

V-E (Victory in Europe) Day at 12th and Main Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. From: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Survivors of the Amphing concentration camp in Amphing, Germany, liberated by United States Third Army troops.