Existing comment:
Midshipman's White Jumper:
The "white works" uniform, with name and class number stenciled on the front, was more commonly worn during Carter's time and into the 1960s than it is today.
James E. Carter, III -- USNA 1947
Nobel Peace Prize:
" I believe that almost every human being has a desire to known and perhaps to serve other people..."
-- Jimmy Carter, "Sharing Good Times," p 106
Jimmy Carter's life has been one of service to his state, his nation, and the world. Born in rural Georgia in 1924, he graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1947, served on board the submarines and Pomfret and [sic] before being selected by then Captain Hyman G Rickover for the nuclear power program. Upon the death of his father, Carter resigned his commission to run the family business. Challenging corruption in the state electoral process, Carter won election to the Georgia state senate in 1962, then as governor in 1970, fighting segregation and streamlining the state administration. Unable to succeed himself, Carter entered national politics, winning the Presidency in 1976. His administration was beset with economic and international crises which led to his defeat for re-election. But his energetic pursuit of world peace after his retirement led the Nobel committee to award him the Peace Price in 2002.
Carter entered the Naval Academy with the last of the classes accelerated during World War II, graduating with the Class of 1947 in June 1946. |