Remembering Jimmy Carter's blanket pardon for Vietnam War …
Jan 4, 2025 · When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft.
Pardoning Vietnam War Draft Dodgers Was a No-Win Situation for Jimmy Carter
Dec 30, 2024 · On Jan. 21, 1977, the day after his inauguration, Carter issued Executive Order 11967, granting a pardon to all Vietnam War draft dodgers. It included those who failed to register for the...
President Carter pardons draft dodgers | January 21, 1977 - HISTORY
Nov 24, 2009 · On January 21, 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young...
Proclamation 4483 - Wikipedia
Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted pardons to those who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act from August 4, 1964, to March 28, 1973. [ 1 ]
Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who …
Jan 4, 2025 · When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft.
President Carter pardons draft dodgers , Jan. 21, 1977
Jan 21, 2018 · On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter, in his first full day in office, fulfilled a campaign promise by granting unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of men who had evaded the...
Why Jimmy Carter pardoned draft resisters - International Action …
Jan 9, 2025 · For many Vietnam War resisters — myself included — it is more personal. Jimmy Carter’s first act as president was to pardon draft resisters. He then established a program for military deserters like me, who were able to return from exile or …
Carter Credibility Issue: Calley and Vietnam War
May 21, 1976 · LAS VEGAS, Nov., May 20—At the time of the war in Vietnam, Jimmy Carter was a strong supporter of the American involvement there. Earlier this month, at a black church in Indianapolis, he...
When President Carter Pardoned Draft Dodgers, Only Half Came …
Mar 21, 2019 · Just days after Jimmy Carter’s inauguration in 1977, the new President fulfilled a campaign promise: the granting of a blanket pardon to Vietnam War draft evaders by executive order.
Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who …
Jan 4, 2025 · When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter issued Proclamation 4483 on his first full day in office, less than two years after the end of what was then America’s longest war.
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