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

General Ridgely Gaither, second from left visits with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, second from right, and Mr. Levy Salcedo, right, at a reception at Quarry Heights military base in Panama. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) awards a certificate to an unknown man.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, with unknown spectators pays careful attention to paradrops in Exercise Bayan Tree II, at Rio Hato in Panama. Five Latin American nations and the United States cooperated in Banyan Tree II to rout Agressor, a force attempting a mythical "invasion" of Panama.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, right, attends a reception for National War College Visitors. He is pictured with three unknown guests.

From left to right, President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Mr. Levy Salcedo, General Ridgely Gaither, and Major Arthur S. Moura talk at the Caribbean Command Headquarters at Quarry Heights military base in Panama.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (foreground, left) attends a ceremony to take over command of the Fifteenth Naval District at Fort Amador, Canal Zone from Rear Admiral George Wales. All others pictured are unknown.

From left to right, General Ridgely Gaither, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks and Mr. Levy Salcedo attend a reception at Quarry Heights military base in Panama during the visit of the President of Guatemala, Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes. The man in the background on the left is unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, second row, far right, attends General Truman Landon's Honor Guard at Quarry Heights military base in Panama. Also present are General Truman Landon (front row, left) and General Ridgely Gaither (front row, right). All others are unidentified.

Military officials stand on the steps of a building as the official receiving party for President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala. Foreground, facing the camera, left to right: unidentified; Major General Truman H. Landon; Major General Charles Dasher; Rear Admiral Lewis Parks; Brigadier General James W. Coutts (saluting). Bottom row, left to right: President of Guatemala Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes; Lieutenant General Ridgely Gaither; Ambassador of Guatemala to Panama Merida; Minister Bazan; Major A. S. Moura. All others are unidentified.

Guests pose for a photograph at a reception at Quarry Heights, Panama, for President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala. From left to right: unidentified guest, Levy Salcedo, unidentified guest, Major General Truman Landon, President of Guatemala Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, Lieutenant General Ridgely Gaither, Jose Bazan, Colonel Merida, Major General Charles Dasher, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks. All others are unidentified.