Naval officers

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks sits in a chair holding binoculars.

Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown is seated in a basket in the highline across the ocean as he goes from one ship to the USS Wisconsin. Brown was Commander of the 6th Fleet. All others are unidentified.

Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown is seated in the basket of a highline as he departed and arrived to the USS Wisconsin. He came aboard for an official visit. Brown was Commander of the 6th Fleet. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) is seated at the head of the table at the right with five unknown men.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) stands next to Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo Dias of the Chilean Navy aboard the USS Wisconsin while in Valparaiso, Chile.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin (center) aboard the USS Wisconsin. Parks relieved Crommelin on May 27, 1957 as commander of Battleship Two Division. Officer far left is unknown.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) shakes hands with Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin aboard the USS Wisconsin.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (third from right) stands with three unknown men under missiles on a ship.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (left) stands on the deck of a ship, possibly the USS Wisconsin, with four unknown men.

Betty Ellis sits next to Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks while aboard the USS Wisconsin while in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.