Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-1981

Edwin W. Pauley (left) greeted by Colonel O'Keefe (right) at Washington National Airport upon Ambassador Pauley's return to the U.S. 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).

Edwin W. Pauley pictured on airplane. 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).

Luncheon at Newfoundland, Canada. Edwin W. Pauley seated at left. 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).

Breakfast in Iceland. Edwin Pauley seated at booth, inside at right. 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).

Arrival of Members of U.S. Reparations Mission at Bovington Airport in London, England. Edwin Pauley pictured at left. 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 other members of the U.S. Reparations Mission Staff observe a schoolroom of children at the Displaced Persons Farm in Furth, Germany. 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley stands with a group of school children at the Displaced Persons Farm in Furth, Germany. 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).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and English Director stand in the hallway of living quarters for displaced persons at the Displaced Persons Farm in Furth, Germany. 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).

At the Displaced Persons Farm, Furth, Germany, Ambassador Edwin Pauley (fourth from left) stands with three boys identified as having been born in the infamous Nazi Buchenwald Concentration Camp. 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).

Departure of the members of the U.S. Reparations Mission from Tullin Airfield in Vienna, Austria. Edwin Pauley pictured at left. 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).