When future President Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan, he faced a choice that might have been decided ...
May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...
Other American presidents have faced the delicate challenge of bidding farewell with grace after serving only one term in the ...
The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ...
Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals. By Peter Baker Peter Baker ...