Naval officers

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (foreground, right) shakes hands with a Japanese naval officer on board a ship. Other Japanese Naval officers are present. All others are unidentified.

Office of the Chief of Maritime Staff and the Japanese Defense Agency pose for a photograph. From left to right, front row, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Rear Admiral E. W. Grenfell, Vice Admiral C. F. Espe, Vice Admiral Ko Nagasawa, Rear Admiral F. C. Stelter Jr., Rear Admiral H. Sanders. Back row, left to right, Rear Admiral Fukuchi, Rear Admiral Aso, Rear Admiral Nakayama, Vice Admiral Ito, Rear Admiral Watanabe, Rear Admiral Ando.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends ceremony in Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia were he was Commander of the naval base in 1954. Parks stands at the table, center, cutting a cake. He is surrounded by sailors and a Marine drum line. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, third from left, stands with Japanese naval officers on board a ship. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis Parks, third from left, stands with Japanese naval officers on board a ship. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, right, talks to a man wearing a suit. They are outside of the Commander Cruiser Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet building in Norfolk, Virginia.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks stands at a microphone next to an unknown man outside of the Commander Cruiser Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet building in Norfolk, Virginia.

An unidentified Japanese Rear Admiral salutes as he boards a ship. Other unidentified sailors are present.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends ceremony in Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia were he was Commander of the naval base in 1954. Parks stands at the doorway giving a salute. There is a Marine drum line in the room. A cake sits on the table. All others are unidentified.

This is the Kamakura Daibutsu statue of Buddha, cast in bronze in 1252 A.D. at the Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan. Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks poses at the bottom right corner. This photo was taken while Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks served as a Chief of Staff to the Joint Staff of the United Nations.