Parks, Lewis S. (Lewis Smith), 1902-1982

Brigadier General Pons, acting Military Governor of Valencia, Spain (foreground, second from left) greets Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right, back to camera) while on board the USS Newport News. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, poses for a photo with an unknown man on board the USS Newport News.

Officials from Valencia, Spain gather on board the USS Newport News with officers of the ship. From left to right: Rafael Romero Conde, Mr. Lassala, Brigadier General Pons, Major General Gutierres, Mr. Delgado Arias, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Major General Santapau, Rincon de Arellano; Bishop Gonzalez, and Don Jesus Posada.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) greets Brigadier General Mignal Zumarraga Larrea, Military Governor of Cartagena, Spain (foreground, left) while on board the USS Newport News. All others are unidentified.

Major General Santapau, acting Captain General of the 3rd Military Region of Spain, left, stands with Captain Hill, center, and Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks on board the USS Newport News while in Valencia, Spain.

Don Jesus Posada, Civil Governor of Valencia, Spain, (left) greets Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) on board the USS Newport News while in Valencia, Spain. Others are unidentified.

Captain Hill (center) and Captain Taylor greet Miguel Hernandez Gomez, Mayor of Cartagena, Spain on board the USS Newport News. All others are unidentified.

Mayor Rincon de Arellano (left) greets Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (third from right) and Captain Hill (second from right) while on board the USS Newport News in Valencia, Spain. Others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, second from right, stands with three unknown men.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, stands with Captain Renken, who is holding a miniature ship model, and Captain Hill on board the USS Newport News.