Naval officers

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, center, sits at a table with two unknown men. Parks was stationed in Japan as Chief of Staff to the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command.

President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) addresses the closing session of the United Nations Conference at San Francisco, California. Seated on the right is Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (closest to podium) and Alger Hiss. Seated behind President Truman is Military Aide Major General Harry Vaughan (left) and Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) is applauded after his address to the closing session of the United Nations as San Francisco, California. Standing next to President Truman is Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and conference Secretary-General Alger Hiss. Standing behind President Truman is Major General Harry Vaughan (second from left) and Captain James Vardaman (third from left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (behind the podium) addresses the closing session of the United Nations Conference at San Francisco, California. Seated on the right is Secretary of State Edward Stettinius (closest to podium) and Alger Hiss. Seated behind President Truman is Military Aide Major General Harry Vaughan (left) and Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman (right). All others are unidentified.

This is a double exposed photograph of Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks at a dinner in Japan. Parks was Deputy Chief of Staff for the Joint Staff of the United Nations Command and Far East Command, Tokyo, Japan. All others are unidentified.

Marines are undergoing inspection during a ceremony for changing of commanding officers aboard the USS Manchester. Captain Lewis Parks (middle row, third from left) hands over duty to Captain Laurence Frost (middle row, second from left). All others are unidentified.

Sailors are inspected during a ceremony for changing of commanding officers aboard the USS Manchester. Captain Lewis Parks (center, right) hands over duty to Captain Laurence Frost (center foreground, left). All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (second from left) views part of Navy "Victory at Sea" exhibit at concourse in the Pentagon. Others are unidentified.

A troupe of Hollywood actors and actresses performed a show for crew members of the USS Manchester upon their arrival to Long Beach, California after being in the Korean War Zone for nearly a year. Seated in the first row are Virginia Field (left), Joyce Mackenzie (second from left), Monica Lewis (third from right), and Dorothy Lamour (second from right). Standing in the background, second from right is Captain Lewis Parks, commander of the USS Manchester. Others are unidentified.

Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson announces the Power for Peace Photographic exhibit official open by cutting a satin ribbon. He was accompanied by (left to right) Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson; Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, Navy Chief of Information; General Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff; Secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbott; General of the Army Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens; and General John Hull, Vice Chief of Staff, Army.