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.

a military flyover and an evening concert. Here's what to know about Jimmy Carter's life and legacy. James Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, on Oct. 1, 1924, to James Earl Carter Sr., ...

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

Nearly 13 months after his beloved wife Rosalynn died in November 2023, former President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100, the Carter Center confirmed on Sunday. The former president ...

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.

President Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981 ... graduate from the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He gave up a career in the military to save his family’s peanut farm.