Commander-in-Chief Carter issues Proclamation 4483, pardoning all Vietnamese-American War draft resisters, implying that their resistance to the War was wrong, rather than announce that all charges against them had been dropped.

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Subsequent Events:

2/24/1977                   7/11/1995

Authority:

Article II, Section, 2 [Clause 2]
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References:

americanpresidency.org: Proclamation of Pardon Proclamation 4483. – January 21, 1977
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/site/docs/pppusyear.php?yearindex=1977

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