Young Jimmy Carter graduated from Georgia’s Plains ... Rickover — the celebrated American naval officer known as the” Father of the Nuclear Navy” — brought LT. j.g. Carter on board ...

Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake ...

The nation pauses to honor Jimmy Carter for his service as a naval officer, governor and president, and his four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President ... across the nation and ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, ...