Parks, Lewis S. (Lewis Smith), 1902-1982

Officers of the Nationalist Chinese Navy visit the USS Manchester while at port in Taipei, Taiwan. From left, Rear Admiral Liu Kwang Kai, Captain Lewis Parks of the United States Navy, Commander Chao Kai-Chien, Commander Tommy Fleck of the US Navy, and an unknown officer.

Captain Lewis S. Parks, right, stands next to Rear Admiral US Navy Allan E. Smith, Commander of the United Nations Blockading and Escort Forces. The photo was taken off the Korean Coast. The photograph is inscribed: To Captain Lewis Parks USN/With an appreciation of your combat efficiency and effectiveness in Command Task Group 95 and in fighting the enemy night and day during February - March - April - May 1951 in Wonsan, Korea. / Allan E. Smith, Rear Admiral US Navy Commander United Nations Blockading and Escort Forces.

Four officers of the USS Manchester pose for photo. From left: unknown officer; Rear Admiral Allan Smith, Captain Lewis S. Parks, unknown officer.

Lewis Parks, Captain of the USS Manchester, poses for a photo with officials from Keelung, Taiwan. Left to right, Colonel Charles C. Chang, Colonel Para-troopers; Major General J.P. Chiang, Deputy Commander Keelung Fortress Command (for Major General P. Tan, Commander of Coast Defenses); Mr. R.S. Hsu, Keelung Harbor Bureau Director; Captain Lewis S. Parks, United States Navy; Mr. K.Y. Hsieh, Mayor of Keelung, Taiwan; Major General S. W. Ch'en, Port Commander.

Sterling Fisher, general manager of the Far East, Reader's Digest comes aboard the USS Manchester. He is shaking hands with Captain Lewis S. Parks. Others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks celebrates his birthday with ward room officers while in Wonson Harbor, Korea. W. C. Hughes, Executive Officer stands next to Parks at the table where a cake has been placed. Others in the background are unidentified.

Officers of the Nationalist Navy visit the USS Manchester while located in Taipei, Taiwan. Captain Lewis S. Parks is second from left. All others are unidentified.

Captain Lewis S. Parks cuts into his birthday cake while standing next to W. C. Hughes, executive officer of the USS Manchester.

Captain Lewis S. Parks, United States Navy, Commanding Officer of the USS Manchester poses for a photo.

Captain Lewis Parks stands in the wheel house of the USS Manchester. He was Commander of Task Force 72 during the Korean War.