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Memorial Service for Crew Members of USS Essex

2015-1231
Accession Number
2015-1231
4.5 x 7 inches
Black & White
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NAID 350894126
Related Collection
Parks, Lewis S. Papers
Keywords
Ambassadors
Naval officers
Memorials
People Pictured
Parks, Lewis S. (Lewis Smith), 1902-1982
Lyon, Cecil B. (Cecil Burton), 1903-1993
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Description
Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (center) attends a memorial service in Valparaiso, Chile for American navy crew members that died during the Battle of Valparaiso in 1814 from the USS Essex. From left to right: Mayor of Valparaiso, Santiago Diaz Buzeta; Commander of National Police of Valparaiso; Rear Admiral Parks; United States Ambassador to Chile, Cecil Lyon; and Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo of the Chilean Navy. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
July 1957