Towers, John H. (John Henry), 1885-1955

From left to right, Admiral John Henry Towers, Commander, 5th Fleet; Artemus L. Gates, Under-secretary of the Navy; Major General R. C. Marshall, Acting Chief of Staff; and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at Atsugi Airfield, Honshu, Japan. Ambassador Pauley arrived in Japan to discuss reparations payments and policy. He was the personal representative of President Harry S. Truman in this regard. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.

Shown at Ambassador Pauley's dinner at the Imperial Hotel are left to right: Admiral John Henry Towers, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, and Major General R. C. Marshall. 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).

Admiral John Henry Towers (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) talking at Hickam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii. 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, Admiral J. H. Towers, Commander, 5th Fleet; A. L. Gates, Under-secretary of the Navy; Major General R. C. Marshall, Acting Chief of Staff, AFPAC; and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at Atsugi Airfield, Honshu, Japan. Ambassador Pauley arrived to discuss reparation payments. 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, Admiral John Henry Towers, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, and Major General R. C. Marshall at a dinner held in Pauley's honor at the Imperial Hotel.

From left to right, Major General Akin, Admiral John Henry Towers, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and Major General R. C. Marshall at Pauley's dinner at the Imperial Hotel.

Admiral John H. Towers and Edwin Pauley upon Pauley's arrival in Honolulu on his 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).