(Tribune News Service) — Jimmy Carter played a key role in repairing one of North America’s early nuclear reactor disasters. He was a young Navy officer in the nation’s nascent nuclear ...

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’s death at 100 brings back many ... “Interestingly, Carter -- a former Naval officer -- was not concerned with the strategic and military importance of the Panama Canal.” ...

Jimmy Carter, A Life,” Jonathan Alter underscored the former president’s striking versatility. Among other things, Alter wrote, Carter became a skilled farmer, naval officer, woodworker ...

USS Jimmy Carter Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr ... that I can even say I served on a boat named after someone so great. " Naval leaders attribute the former President’s fine military career ...

Jimmy Carter wrote 32 books ... He began his career as a naval officer working on nuclear-powered submarines and looked forward to a career in the Navy. But his father died in 1953, and Carter ...

As part of a National Day of Mourning in honor of President Jimmy Carter ... including engineering officer, executive officer, lieutenant and he entered the field of naval nuclear propulsion.

Carter, an ex-Navy officer and peanut farmer in little Sumter ... “Dixie Whistles a Different Tune.” More on Jimmy Carter:Crucial decisions made in 1980 in South Florida cast a shadow ...

(AP) — Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter’s death within ... Hopkins noted that Carter, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a submarine officer after World War II. He also highlighted ...

Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin ... from the U.S. Naval Academy. But Jimmy abandoned a promising career as a submarine officer and early participant in ...