A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the late U.S. president/submariner served in the Navy's "Silent Service" at a pivotal moment in its history.

Carter persisted, though. When Rosalynn visited Annapolis again that spring, the couple became engaged, and Carter gave her a compact engraved with the letters “ILYTG,” an acronym for a Carter family saying, “I love you the goodest,” according to Biography. The couple was married in July of 1946.

Two years out of Annapolis, a young officer in the Navy was up on the tower of a submarine during a horrible storm. He later became the 39th president.