Naval officers

Four officers of the USS Manchester pose for photo. From left: unknown officer; Rear Admiral Allan Smith, Captain Lewis S. Parks, unknown officer.

An unidentified United States Navy admiral holds a fabric banner with Taiwanese writing. It is presumed the banner was given to him during a Taiwanese delegation's visit to the USS Manchester while ported in Keelung Harbor, Taiwan.

Lewis Parks, Captain of the USS Manchester, poses for a photo with officials from Keelung, Taiwan. Left to right, Colonel Charles C. Chang, Colonel Para-troopers; Major General J.P. Chiang, Deputy Commander Keelung Fortress Command (for Major General P. Tan, Commander of Coast Defenses); Mr. R.S. Hsu, Keelung Harbor Bureau Director; Captain Lewis S. Parks, United States Navy; Mr. K.Y. Hsieh, Mayor of Keelung, Taiwan; Major General S. W. Ch'en, Port Commander.

Sterling Fisher, general manager of the Far East, Reader's Digest comes aboard the USS Manchester. He is shaking hands with Captain Lewis S. Parks. Others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks celebrates his birthday with ward room officers while in Wonson Harbor, Korea. W. C. Hughes, Executive Officer stands next to Parks at the table where a cake has been placed. Others in the background are unidentified.

Officers of the Nationalist Navy visit the USS Manchester while located in Taipei, Taiwan. Captain Lewis S. Parks is second from left. All others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks cuts into his birthday cake while standing next to W. C. Hughes, executive officer of the USS Manchester.

Captain Lewis S. Parks, United States Navy, Commanding Officer of the USS Manchester poses for a photo.

Captain Lewis Parks stands in the wheel house of the USS Manchester. He was Commander of Task Force 72 during the Korean War.

Captain Lewis Parks (left) is standing next to Commander W. C. Hughes, executive officer of the USS Manchester during the Korean War.