U.S. Navy

Crew members of the USS Manchester wrote messages to USS Los Angeles on the metal exterior of the ship. Message reads "Choice Real Estate/ Kalma Gak/ Hodo Pando / 5 acres - 500 rds." Original caption: Two forts which frequently had us under fire - Kalma Gak and Hodo Pando.

Seven unknown Japanese women in traditional kimonos stand underneath the blistered guns aboard the USS Manchester with members of the Manchester crew in Yokosuka, Japan. All sailors are unidentified.

The view from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester passes. Manchester crew wrote messages to the Los Angeles in white paint on the ships side. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief in Korea.

View of Korea from the USS Manchester with its guns pointed to shore. Image was taken from bridge area of the Manchester.

Captain Lewis S. Parks is presented a knot board from the USS Manchester boatswain gang while in harbor at Yokosuka, Japan. All others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks (right) cuts his birthday cake in the Wardroom of the USS Manchester. The other man is unidentified.

An unknown officer and sailor paint "Thank God our prayers have finally been..." on the side of the large guns aboard the USS Manchester as they wait for the arrival of the USS Los Angeles to relieve them from their ten month tour in Korea.

View from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester approaches. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The USS Manchester was traveling at full speed, as shown by the wake, as it was leaving Communist Korea after ten months at sea. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief.

Captain Lewis S. Parks stands for a photograph at Atami, Japan during leave from the USS Manchester. The ocean is in the background.

Captain Lewis S. Parks (fourth from left) of the USS Manchester, along with Dr. Frank Virgilio and a Marine orderly, accepts flowers from the Republic of Korea Army and Marine commanders ashore in Korea. All others are unidentified.