Description
Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, bulletins, newsletters, serial issues, clippings, and photographs relating
to efforts to secure the release of American prisoners of war in Vietnam, efforts to secure information on American servicemen
reported missing in action, and the families of those servicemen.
Background
Maerose J. Evans, originally from New Jersey, was the wife of Commander James J. Evans, United States Navy. Commander Evans
was a naval aviator whose aircraft was lost during a reconnaissance mission over Laos in 1965. In 1974 he was presumed killed
in action, and in 1977 his remains were positively identified and returned. At the time of his disappearance, the couple was
living in Alameda, California, with their two children, Monica and James.
Extent
13 manuscript boxes
(5.2 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.