1970 Press Photo Defense Secretary Laird Met With POW Sister, Rita Lawley

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird addressed the 21st annual meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council at Jackson last night, took time out before his speech to meet with 14 relatives of U.S. servicemen imprisoned in North Vietnam. Mrs. Rita Lawley of Carthage, Mississippi, sister of Air Force Lt. James William Bailey, is shown with Laird.

Photo is dated 1970.

Photo measures 8 x 9 inches.