Remembering Jimmy Carter's blanket pardon for Vietnam War …
5 days ago · 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 ...
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters - CounterPunch.org
2 days ago · The passing of Jimmy Carter has been duly noted in ubiquitous remembrances and commentaries on his four-year presidency, 1977-1981. ... Somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000 Vietnam War resisters ...
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters - Antiwar.com
2 days ago · The passing of Jimmy Carter has been duly noted in ubiquitous remembrances and commentaries on his four-year presidency, 1977-1981. Carter is lauded more for his post-presidential humanitarian projects, while his presidency is deemed a mixed bag by left and right alike. For many Vietnam War resisters – myself included, it…
Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who …
5 days ago · 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.
Proclamation 4483 - Wikipedia
Proclamation 4483 and Executive Order 11967 reproduced in the Federal Register (click to view full document). 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 ...
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.
KUOW - Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned …
5 days ago · Anti-war activists had urged pardons for draft violators. Carter himself had served in the armed forces before entering political life. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946 and rose to the rank of lieutenant.. But during the Vietnam War — and especially as public sentiment turned against the conflict — young men made efforts to avoid the draft.
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...
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...
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.