Ships

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.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (center) introduces an unknown French officer to an unknown United States Navy officer while aboard the USS Newport News while in Antibes, France. All others are also unidentified.

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

Colonel Mollot (foreground, left) of the French Army Instructors School greets Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) while aboard the USS Newport News in Antibes, France. All others are unidentified.

An unidentified General inspects a group of unidentified United States Navy sailors aboard an unknown ship.

An unknown General inspects Navy sailors aboard an unknown ship.