But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. In 1977, Ronald was 23 years old when on January 21st, President Carter pardoned 'draft dodgers' - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law.

In 1966, at the age of just 12 years old, Ronald was alive when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. In 1960, he was only 6 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. The Army allegations were found to be true. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail.

In 1954, in the year that Ronald Snook was born, from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Ronald's lifetime.

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