Ships

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, poses with Commander De La Salle aboard the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) greets Commander De La Salle on board the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France. Others are unidentified.

The USS Newport News cruises past Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, right, greets French Commander De La Salle on board the USS Newport News while in Villefranche, France. Others are unidentified.

Commander De La Salle, left, shakes hands with an unknown United States Naval commander while on board the USS Newport News in Villefranche, France. Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks is next to De La Salle.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) greets an unknown man aboard the USS Newport News. All others are unidentified.

This is a view of the USS Newport News as it transits the Straits of Messina.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, left, and Commander De La Salle stand on board the USS Newport News while in Villefrance, France. All others pictured are unknown.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, at head of table, attends a dinner party with United States Naval officers and French dignitaries while on board the USS Newport News in Villefranche, France.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, center, with Colonel Mollott, right, Commanding Officer of the French Army Instructor School, and an unknown French officer as they stand aboard the USS Newport News while in Antibes, France.