Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at 100 years old. His early years were shaped by his military career, when he served in the U.S. Navy.

“Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words ... Carter appeared set for a stellar military career under Rickover’s ...

During his Navy years, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter chose unfurnished military housing to stretch ... whose death in 1953 led him to abandon a Navy career and eventually enter politics in Georgia.