Where do we get such men? Thank you, sir, may you be eternally blessed.
I watched the last salute broadcast live. Moved to tears to see these men. Very tough to see them go.
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Ronald Reagan
Radio Address to the Nation on Armed Forces Day
May 15, 1982
In James Michener’s book “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” he writes of an officer waiting through the night for the return of planes to a carrier as dawn is coming on. And he asks, “Where do we find such men?” Well, we find them where we’ve always found them. They are the product of the freest society man has ever known. They make a commitment to the military—make it freely, because the birthright we share as Americans is worth defending. God bless America.