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… Home Front organization. Ford served 47 months on active duty, much of this time on the "USS Monterey." After the war he returned to Grand Rapids and joined the private law firm of Butterfield, Keeney and Amberg. He helped organize a … reveals Ford's views over time on such issues as agriculture, civil rights, defense, foreign affairs, taxes and the war in Vietnam. Further significance of this file lies in showing public opinion on these issues. The file also includes material … Ford on a wide variety of subjects such as: political concerns, campaigns, and contributions; Ford's public statements: the Vietnam War; revenue‑sharing; legislation; congressional housekeeping such as office supplies, telephones, parking permits; …
… worked on the amnesty program, which offered clemency to those who had avoided serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Buchen’s position as Counsel to the President, in addition to being laborious, was also a ceremonial role. He and his …
… charged with creating a program of conditional clemency for those accused of draft or military absence offenses during the Vietnam War. The Board, chaired by former New York Senator Charles Goodell immediately began to develop the program and hire a … Member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council 2000 - Served as lead attorney for George W. Bush’s recount effort in Broward County, Florida. 2001 -- Attorney, partner at Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C. Content Available Online No Summary …
… of Defense Robert McNamara's management and decision making practices and the Johnson administration's handling of the Vietnam War. During much of his service on the Defense Appropriations Subcomittee, he sat side-by-side with Representative Gerald … the establishment of the All-Volunteer Force. Other accomplishments included the withdrawal of all combat personnel from Vietnam and establishing the Total Force Concept that made the National Guard and Reserve Forces an integral part of U.S. …
… issues, military appropriations, grain sent to India, Hoover Commission, Taft-Hartley Act amendments, government spending, Vietnam War, and busing. Two Ford form letters from the Vice Presidential and Presidential years are also included. Donor David …
… (ca.10,500 pages) Scope and Content Note Shirley Peck Barnes was a hospital administrator in Denver, Colorado, during the Vietnam War, and offered her facility and services to the Friends of Children of Vietnam (FCVN) adoption agency in April and May, 1975. FCVN was a participating agency in Operation Babylift, a coordinated …
… pages) Scope and Content Note Charles Goodell first reached prominence as a Republican U.S. Representative, Senator, and Vietnam War critic from the state of New York between 1959 and 1971. None of his papers from that phase of his career are included … his service as chairman of the Presidential Clemency Board, which carried out President Ford's plan for clemency for Vietnamese War draft evaders and military absence offenders in 1974 and 1975. The remainder consists of materials derived …
… a long and distinguished career in the Foreign Service, but this collection focuses narrowly on the time he spent in South Vietnam (1973-1975), especially the closing months of the Vietnam War and the evacuation from Saigon in April 1975. During his last year in South Vietnam, Lehmann served as the deputy to …