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Feb 23, 2023 · 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...
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.
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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]
On January 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon giving unconditional amnesty to Vietnam war draft resisters. Celebrities. For many decades after the Vietnam War ended, prominent Americans were being accused of having manipulated the draft system to their advantage.
Sep 16, 2011 · Three years after Ford’s conditional amnesty program, President Jimmy Carter granted a pardon to most draft evaders without a requirement of public service. This pardon, however, did not extend...
Jan 21, 1977 · Two days after being elected President of the United States, Jimmy Carter pardoned all Vietnam War draft evaders. At the beginning of 1977, Carter officially fulfilled his campaign promise by granting unconditional pardons to 10,000 men who had evaded the draft during the Vietnam War by fleeing the country or by failing to register with their ...
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On January 21, 1977, his first day as President of the United States, Jimmy Carter issued a pardon to all Americans convicted of or still sought for draft violations in the Vietnam War. With this action, he met a larger campaign pledge to speed the nation's healing from the tumultuous Vietnam era.
