Pauley, Towers, Gates, and Marshall at Atsugi Airfield, Japan
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.