A man wearing a suit stands at a podium and shakes hands with a naval officer. There are naval officers pictured in the background with four unknown women and one man pictured seated in the front row. They are in a conference room on board a ship. All are unidentified.
Walking on board the USS Des Moines are front row, left to right, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks and Rear Admiral Taylor. Second row, left to right, Captain Taylor, Chief of Staff to Commander Cruiser Atlantic; and Captain Miller, Chief of Staff to Commander of the Sixth Fleet.
Rear Admiral Burin des Roziers of the French Navy, Commander in Chief Allied Forces in the Mediterranean (left) walks with Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) on board the USS Newport News at sea. Others in the background are unidentified.