Naval officers

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) receives a gift from the Mayor of Valparaiso, Chile, Santiago Diaz Buzeta.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) sits with Captain E. K. Thompson, Naval Attache, and Sophie Eastman Cortez at a party held in Valparaiso, Chile.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (standing, center) attends a luncheon held in his honor by the Mayor of Valparaiso, Chile. Captain de Corbete Otto Niemann acts as interpreter and translates for Parks, standing far left. Seated, from left to right, are Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo of the Chilean Navy, and mayor of Valparaiso, Santiago Diaz Buzeta.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (far left) attends luncheon held in his honor by the mayor of Valparaiso, Chile. At head of table, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks; Mayor of Valparaiso, Santiago Diaz Buzeta; unknown translator; Captain Kleber Masterson, United States Navy, Commanding Officer of the USS Boston; Mayor of Vina del Mar, Huber Wasavino; Captain William B. Sieglaff, United States Navy, Commanding Officer USS Albany.

The United States Ambassador to Chile, Cecil Lyon, stands at the podium and speaks in honor of the men that died from the USS Essex during the Battle of Valparaiso in 1814. Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks is pictured third from left. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) sits with four women, identified as Eliana Salas de DelSolar, Emma Vizcarra de Neiman, Josephine Walbaum de Arrellano, Adriana Pfeiffer de Varela.

Rosemary de Escobedo, wife of Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo Diaz of the Chilean Navy, dances with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks at an event in Valparaiso, Chile.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) toasts his glass with the Mayor of Valparaiso, Chile, Santiago Diaz Buzeta, who held a luncheon in Parks' honor.

Vice Admiral C. R. Brown, Commander of the 6th Fleet, came aboard the USS Wisconsin for an official visit. He arrived and departed by highline. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks of the United States Navy (left) sits with Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo of the Chilean Navy while in Valparaiso, Chile.