Parks, Floyd Lavinius, 1896-1959

Lieutenant E.B. Kalber, a member of the 17th Combat Engineers, 2nd Armored Division (front right), reads the Presidential Citation to troops for building a bridge under fire across the Rhine River during World War II. President Harry S. Truman personally presented the citation while in Germany for the Potsdam Conference in 1945.  Platform (L to R): Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan; Major General Floyd L. Parks; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; two unidentified military officers; President Truman; Admiral of the Fleet William D. Leahy.

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes greeted by General Floyd Parks at Gatow Airport in Berlin. Mr. Byrnes is attending the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of War Henry Stimson and party riding in half-track on an inspection tour of the Second Armored Division near the Potsdam Conference. Left to right are: Major General Floyd Parks, General George S. Patton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, Secretary Stimson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War Harvey H. Bundy, and Brigadier General John H. Collier. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (foreground, second from right) walks with General Floyd L. Parks at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany where Mr. Stimson has just arrived to attend the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right: Major General Floyd Parks, U. S. Commanding General, Berlin Area; General George S. Patton, Jr., Commanding General, U. S. 3rd Army; Colonel William H. Kyle, aide to Secretary of War Stimson; John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War; Harvey H. Bundy; and Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson stand in a half track as they review the 2nd Armored Division, in Berlin, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War (center, in civilian suit), arrives at Gatow Field, Berlin, for the Potsdam Conference. At right are Major General Floyd Parks and Major General Edmund Hill. From Potsdam album, 1945.

From left to right, unidentified, Major General Floyd Parks, Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and General George S. Patton, Jr., salute as the 2nd Armored Division band plays "Salute to the General" during a review of the division. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Major General Floyd L. Parks (left) presents the United States Flag of Liberation to President Harry S. Truman (right). This flag flew over all the conquered capitols of the Axis powers. From the album, number 2, "President's trip to Potsdam."

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. is standing with a group of United States Army officers that accompanied him on his visit to Fort Jackson, South Carolina. From left to right: Major General Floyd L. Parks, Chief of Information, Department of the Army; Lieutenant General George H. Decker; Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr.; Lieutenant General Alexander R. Bolling, Third Army commander; and Major General W. P. Shephard, Post and 8th Infantry Division commander. Others in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr. reviews the 8th Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as it passes the reviewing stand. From left to right: Secretary Pace; Lieutenant General Alexander R. Bolling; Lieutenant General George H. Decker; Major General Floyd L. Parks; and Major General W. P. Shepard.