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

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, head of the table, sits at a table on board the USS Newport News with US Naval officers and French dignitaries while at a dinner party in Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, and Commander De La Salle stand on board the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis Parks (right) greets Harold Moseley on board USS Newport News in Villefranche, France. Others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, poses with Commander De La Salle aboard the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks poses for a photograph in Villefranche, France. From left to right: Harold Moseley, American Consul, Nice; Major General Roger Cluzet, French Army Commander; Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Mr. Audibert, Assistant Mayor of Villefranche, France; Colonel Aguilon, Assistant Mayor of Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) greets Commander De La Salle on board the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France. Others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, right, greets French Commander De La Salle on board the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France. Others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, is seated at a table during a dinner in Villefranche, France. From left to right: Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Colonel Aguilon, Mr. Howard Moseley, Captain Hill, and Major General Roger Cluzet.

Commander De La Salle, left, shakes hands with an unknown United States Naval commander while on board the USS Newport News in Villefranche, France. Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks is next to De La Salle.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) greets an unknown man aboard the USS Newport News. All others are unidentified.