PLAINS, Ga. – When Jimmy Carter left this whistle-stop farm town for college in 1942, he did not have plans to return. As a boy, Carter had dreamed of joining the Navy. He wanted to see the world.
And over the course of a century, he did. After his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, Carter served aboard a submarine stationed in Pearl Harbor. In Iowa diners and New Hampshire town halls, he pitched his improbable bid for the presidency. From the White House, he shuttled between Cairo and Jerusalem to hold together a historic peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
Carter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, built homes with Habitat for Humanity in Haiti, assisted with public health campaigns in Ghana and monitored elections in Panama.
Plains prepares for life without Carter
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