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

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.

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

Captain of the Port of Genoa, General Michele Carino, foreground right, stands with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks and salutes on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy. Others are unidentified.

Margaret Fagan of the American Consulate in Genoa Italy (center) shakes hands with an unknown officer on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy. Facing the camera on the left is Rear Admiral Lewis Parks. Others are unidentified.

Senior Italian Naval Officer, Captain Paolo Schiaffino (second from right) greets Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks while on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy. All others are unidentified.

Luigi Pianese, left, shakes hands with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, stands with Captain Renken on board the USS Newport News.

Captain of the Port of Genoa, General Michele Carino, left, stands with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy.

His Excellency Luigi Pianese, Prefect of Genoa (left), poses for a photograph with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks on board the USS Newport News while in Genoa, Italy.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends a dinner on board the USS Newport News with guests in Genoa, Italy. From left: unidentified man, Captain Hill, Mrs. Kennon, Mr. Broming, Margaret Fagan, Rear Admiral Parks, Mrs. Broming, and Mr. Kalloch.