Editing Neutrality Acts of the 1930s (section)

==Subsequent application==
The provision against unlicensed arms trades of the 1939 act remains in force.<ref>{{USC|22|441}} (notes)</ref>

In 1948, [[Charles Winters]], [[Al Schwimmer]], and [[Hank Greenspun|Herman Greenspun]] were convicted under the 1939 Act after smuggling [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] bombers from Florida to the nascent state of [[Israel]] during the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/washington/24pardons.html |title=Jailed for Aiding Israel, but Pardoned by Bush |last=Lichtblau |first=Eric |date=24 December 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A1 |access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref> Winters was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $5,000, while Schwimmer and Greenspun were each fined $10,000. Schwimmer was also stripped of his voting rights and veteran benefits.<ref name=":0" />

All three received [[presidential pardon]]s in subsequent decades. Greenspun was pardoned by [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961, Schwimmer was pardoned by [[Bill Clinton]] in 2001, and Winters was pardoned by [[George W. Bush]] in 2008.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2008/12/23/1001785/pardon-granted-to-man-who-flew-planes-to-israel |title=Pardon granted to man who flew planes to Israel |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=December 23, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref>