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… and defended its lands and ideals, and Whereas hundreds of thousands of these young men volunteered or accepted duties in Vietnam and served with honor and distinction, and Whereas thousands of these young men lost their lives or were gravely … induction into the armed services or have deserted their assigned military units to avoid military obligation during the Vietnam conflict has been again raised. Now therefore be it resolved by the American Legion in National Convention Assemble … Executive Clemency Certificate that would have the effect of a pardon The Deputy Attorney General has requested that I forward this memorandum to you. It discusses (1) the President's authority to issue a clemency certificate that would have the …
… and to the American public the operations of the Presidential Clemency Board. The program suffers from insufficient public awareness and from confusion among potential applicants. These hearings will broaden understanding of what the program is … and military law violations which we have examined were not at all consciously and directly related to opposition to the Vietnam War. For the most part, we have seen applicants with wives who were about to leave them, whose fathers had died … Clemency Board has received indicate to us with overwhelrning force that the ilnage which we have had of the typical Vietnam-era draft "evader 11 is simply wrong. We have been surpriserl and impressed, finally, by the extraordinary public …
… Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. LIBRARY FILE/United Press International Veterans salute Vietnam Veterans Memorial statue after its 1984 unveiling. Vietnam was a war without winners ~ock-j Nl mf?Jstt /-i / 30 Editor: The mention of Vietnam stirs many memories of the unpleasant variety. …
… Carter said and - on many things. casting in so what Jesus said have the same many instances the proverbial message. a · warning against - yea, the biblical -first stone; • 7 CARTER/MONDALE CAMPAIGN Playboy Interview THE JUDGMENT ISSUE … necessarily preoccupied with domestic economic affairs. Then, after the Watergate scandal and the sad experience of the Vietnam war, Congress began playing an active and sometimes opposition role in foreign policy - not only because of loss of … marks. He is cr~~ted with making some tough and at times unpopular decisions. He put in a huge request for aid for South Vietnam, for in• stance, when that country was on the verge of collapse. Af• · ter the Joss of Cambodia to the communists, …
… HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY (Los Anaeles, California) THE WHITE HOUSE INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT BY BOB ABERNETHY JESS MARLOW WARREN OLNEY KNBC-TV CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL 8:57 A.M. PDT QUESTION: Good evening and welcome. I am Bob Abernethy, KNBC News. To … a matter of fact, it is fully understood by the parties that it will not be enlarged. To compare that to the situation in Vietnam is not an accurate comparison. In Vietnam, there were two parties at war, and the American initial contribution back in 1961 was at the request of one party …
… that -Mr., ~ (.Most members of the Senate Foreign· . For4'imen at th~ White House were con-. :biltions Committee are wary of the pr sid!tfDB. inviting lawmakers to tra.vel Witb, , ~•.too, .fearing their presence on a p~r hUi,'tc)Tokyo and … was come about;: · . . -~ .. ,, ;~·' · ;_/.. ·. · .. .wanted the U.S. to get out because he 1 _.saying: . that .. th?,,Vietnam war had , , Mr. McNamara wanted something:· saw it to be a_ '.'no-win" war. But, ~,become._;•very;::very; serious." … ,thinking of a tre- commll.ment?. \\ould he proVJde the rur and naval power would net win the :men.O:ous troop build-up in Vietnam.-· kind of bipartisan help for this buDd-. war. Thus it was that he, along with·1 ci';~Alr~ady~ a~mm_d Washington, …
… 8 THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pa., Saturday, December 27, 1975 Easy-going little Jimmy McGorry escaped ,worst traumas of Vietnam This is the last of three stories about the lives of Vietnamese refugees in the Lehigh Valley. By JOHN H. KOCH Of Tbe Moml)lg Call Jimmy McGorry is a Vietnam refugee of a sort. … dream finally came true today for Mr. and Mrs. James R. McGorry of Allentown. The couple were united with a Vietnamese war orphan - their second adopted child- at Kellers Church.near Perkasie. Thirteen-month-old Jimmy, whose small dark eyes …
… as you know, is an amendment to the Foreign Military Sales Act which also has attracted various amendments relating to the Vietnam war. For this reason, it may be several weeks before the Senate addresses the Magnuson Amendment and, of course, the matter … end of 1970. Furthermore, the items will be closer to the potential theater of use in the event this necessity arises. Forward deployment on Guam is · recommended by the JCS. Also, the items will be stored closer to the site of destruction at …
… is on the list now and I intend to see that it stays there," Ford declared. Ford made the comment in a letter to Robert D. Swartz, president of the Greater Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Ford made this letter and his letter to the President … good bet we can avoid a third Wo~ War. And for the first time in four years there is good reason to believe we can end the Vietnam war on an honorable basis. It has become fashionable for some speakers to criticize our young people today. But only … but an honor." Ford said Van Putten agreed with him that "it is important for the United States to be successful in Vietnam." Van Putten later remarked that he would "rather go back to Vietnam than see the United States just pull out and …
… his offer was made to accept it in a spirit of reconcil.ation. This meant two things: First, the individual had to step forward and request that he be accepted back into the community; second,. he had to indicate his willingness to again accept … need was for reconcilation. While no alternative service could match the hardships of the millions who served honorably in Vietnam, much less the sacrifices of those who were wounded or died, the President rightly believed that reconcilation would … no sound objection to doing the same kind of service as that performed by thousands of conscientious objectors during the Vietnam era. This · /Certain applicants to the Presidential Clemency Board received a forni · of immediate clemency even if …
… espoused world law. disarmament: denounced "the radical right." loyalty oaths. investigating committees. technology, the Vietnam War. the FBI and the CIA Of the m ilitary he complains. "we had generals strut the stage " (Center Bulletin. Oct. 1961 J … to destroy the university." ' ~:~ 1 7 He organized the March on the Pentagon, in.-. 1967, / which drew an estimated 55,000 Vietnam protestors,_./ mostly Rubin 's hippie followers who saw to it that window panes were broken in government buildings, …
… campaign and keep mistakes at a minimum. He will have to offer an appealing domestic program and a viable position on Vietnam. And, assuming that George Wallace is a third-party candidate--and I believe he will be--the Republican candidate … After being misled on many occasions by top Administration officials, the attitude of millions of Americans toward their federal government has become, "Who and what can we believe?" Republicans didn't create the Credibility Gap. … the Administration itself which dug the Credibility Gap and has proceeded to make it deeper and wider in a variety of ways. Vietnam gave rise to the Credibility Gap. It had its beginning when top Administration spokesmen repeatedly underestimated …
… Schedule, Thursday, January 13, 1977 Schedule whpr19770112-003 1/12/1977 President will present today the President's award for Distinguished Federal Civil Service Notice to Press whpr19770112-004 1/12/1977 President accepted the resignation … Press Conference whpr19770118-011 1/19/1977 Memorandum for the Attorney General from the President on the military Vietnam clemency program Memorandum whpr19770119-001 1/19/1977 Memorandum for the Commandant of the Coast Guard through Memorandum the Secretary of Transportation from the President on the Vietnam clemency program whpr19770119-002 1/19/1977 Appointment of three people to the General Advisory Committee to the …
… courts for such a purpose. Finally, and this is my most important reason, had I allowed indictment and trial to go forward at that time, and had there been a conviction, the question of whether and how much a single man should be punished … the past, the Democratic Party would have to explain to the American people just which party dragged the country into the Vietnam War---and then ran away and joined the peacenik parade--leaving the Republicans to clean up the mess. Finally, I … your old friend, Richard Nixon, why not show the same compassion and pardon those draft-resisters who refused to serve in Vietnam? I oppose Governor Carter's blanket amnesty or blanket pardo:· for draft-dodgers for several reasons. When these …
… of whom found his aversion to taking human .life to be persuasive. When his application was denied and he was scheduled for Vietnam he went AWOL. After submitting his applicat~on, the soldier was inter- viewed by a chaplain and a military … chaplains, legal officers{',.', .. doctors, and a psychiatrist.· He told t~~ "'-, .. psychiat17ist of his opposition to the war ·. in Vietnam and of his heavy drug use. The psychiatrist threw his records in his /1)-C'..-l// face and told him to get out of …
… have reached more eligible persons. Despite this, the need for a oro(;rarn has been satisfied and the A• 1S Hho served in Vietnam and fee lings of the estimated 250,000 patents, wives , trother s , iisters, and children of ·soldiers r,.:ho lost their lives in Vietnam. utmost respect. These arc individuals deserving of our ~~e are confident that the President ' s cJ.e~cncy program … II I .-ft. to have b een q uite generous. o ce He cons~'d er the scope or~ the Ii pro~ram ld On R an . ' . . h Vietnam War (which wou R to .t e ~ . a test of sincere .O"posJ.t1on ather than requl.re h nrar:t b 1 t~culate their vie~.rs)' t. e …
… Guests Legionnaires Ladies and Gentlemen • -1- I COMMEND THE AMERICAN LEG I ON FOR ITS CONSTANT PATRIOTISM IN PEACE AS IN WAR. YOU GIVE LIFE AND MEANING TO OUR MOTTO ''FOR GOD AND COUNTRY." PRES I DENT# I SALUTE YOU AND SAY FOR ALL AMERICANS: … SO PHI STI CAT I ON AND DESTRUCTIVENESS# IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW FREEDOM AS WE KNOW IT COULD SURVIVE ANOTHER ALL -OUT WAR. IT IS EVEN QUESTIONABLE WHETHER A FREE SOCIETY SUCH AS OURS COULD SURVIVE AN ALL -OUT# UNRESTRICTED ARMS RACE. -5WE … UP BECAUSE OF INFLATION. BUT THE WEAPONS WE CAN PURCHASE AND THE PERSONNEL WE CAN AFFORD HAVE DECLINED • • - 20 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, DEFENSE SPENDING CONCENTRATED ON CURRENT COMBAT REQUIREMENTS, SHORT-CHANGING OUR LONG-RANGE RESEARCH AND …
… States is very clear and very firm on the matter of the UN vote linking Zionism and Racism. We deplore that unfounded and unwarranted linkage. In my earlier statement on this subject, I said that the action in the Social Committee undermines the … various aspects of our trading and monetary relationships, as well as energy and relations with other economics. I look forward to this opportunity, and I feel that we, the other participants, and all the cormtries of the world stand to benefit … concept is, what type of armed forces you feel we need now, and how they would be used both on local wars, such as the Vietnam War or a possible conflict in the Middle East, and in a major direct threat against the United States? A. Your …
… trying to kill him, he could not kill in return. When he had exhausted his application for CO status and was scheduled for Vietnam, he went AWOL. After submitting an application for conscientious objector status, a soldier was interviewed by a … He spoke with chaplains, legal officers, doctors, and a psychiatrist. He told the psychiatrist of his opposition to the war in Vietnam and of his heavy drug use. Applicant claimed that the psychiatrist threw his records in his face and told him to get …
… Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT IN ANNOUNCING A PROGRAM FOR THE RETURJ.~ OF VIETNAM ERA DRAFT EVADERS .Ai.~D MILITARY DESERTERS In my first week as President, I asked the Attorney General of the … being_sought as draft evaders or military deserters. On August 19, at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chicago, I announced my intention to give these young people a chance to earn their return to the mainstream of … building and betterment of our country and the world. I did this for the simple reason that the long and divisive war in Vietnam has been over, for American fighting men, more than a year, and I was determined then as now to do everythi~g in my …