Benavidez, who was given the Medal of Honor by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 ... one of Benavidez’ daughters. During the Vietnam War, Benavidez volunteered for a rescue mission under heavy ...
The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was ...
In the years that followed, Kieran said, conservatives continued to view liberals as apologizing for the Vietnam War, with Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan declaring in 1980 that ...
Everett Alvarez Jr., the Congressional Gold Medal.Alvarez, a Salinas native, was a Vietnam War veteran who ... School was named after him.President Ronald Reagan also appointed Alvarez to the ...
Carter was the first in the conservative line of presidents more commonly associated with Ronald Reagan ... followed U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War. Reagan would merely accelerate that ...
a promise that resonated with voters eager for change following the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Advertisement His presidency, however, lasted only one term before Ronald Reagan defeated ...
The 39th president will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national ...
Problems included stagflation, how to respond to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iran hostage crisis, though more recent information indicates Ronald Reagan’s campaign conspired to d ...
taking over in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the end of the Vietnam War. After his defeat by Ronald Reagan, he spent his post-presidency years as a global humanitarian, winning the Nobel ...
To the world, he was an Army Green Beret legend who was shot and wounded 37 times in a 1968 Vietnam War battle ... honoring the Texan hero at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...