THE 1970S 1969 1979
JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT
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U.S. Army
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U.S. Air Force
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U.s. Coast Guard
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U.S. Navy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carter was born and raised in Plains, Georgia, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the United States Navy, serving in the submarine service. Afterward he returned home, where he revived his family’s peanut-growing business.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carter was promoted to lieutenant and from 3 November 1952 to 1 March 1953, he served on temporary duty with the Naval Reactors Branch, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C., to assist “in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels."
Detailed explanation-3: -Although a promising Navy career lay before him as he was in on the ground floor of the creation of the nuclear submarine force, when his father died in 1953, he felt he had to resign to go back to Georgia to take over the family business.