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[MEG33]

"Good on ya",indeed, President Reagan...I know you are Home now.

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[Gator113]

Marked for later read.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Peggy mentions that Reagan was turned down for combat duty because of his poor eyesight. Thus he served stateside working on training films during WWII. However, it is little realized that Reagan joined the reserves before WWII and then cheated on the eye test so he could get in the military. Quite the opposite from you know who, who cheated to stay out.

Cavalry Reserves

Ronald had a passion for riding horses. A friend (and a reserve officer in the cavalry) had suggested that Reagan apply for a commission, giving him access to army horses and all the free riding he could want. The idea appealed to Reagan until he learned that eyesight was of primary importance in the commisioning of a cavalry officer. Reagan at this time wore glasses and would later wear corneal lenses once they became available. But in 1935 he became a reserve second lieutenant with the 14th Cavalry Regiment at Des Moines by the simple expedient of cheating! During his medical examination, instead of a piece of cardboard, he held his hands over his deficient eyes and peeped through the slight gaps between his fingers. This had the same effect as punching a pinhole in a cardboard, producing the effect of a corrective lens for a nearsighted person.

Because of his commission in the cavalry reserve, Reagan was made a second lieutenant in that branch of the service.

Source is from the website covering his birthplace http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com/albums/album_image/359307/88964.htm

[Ruth A.]

If you never post again, you have done enough with this post. Thank you.

Thank you, Peggy. I'm ready to salute to him, too.

[fly_so_free]

"Ronald Reagan told the truth to a world made weary by lies. He believed that truth was the only platform on wich a better future could be built. He shocked the world when he called the Soviet Union evil, because it was an empire, because it was that too. He never stopped bringing his message to the people of the world. To Europe, China, and in the end, the Soviet Union. And when it was over, the Berlin Wall had been turned into a million souvenirs, and Soviet communism had fallen. But of course it didn't fall. It was pushed. By Mr. Know Nothing Cowboy Gunslinger Dimwit. All presidents should be so stupid."

This is definitely a must read. I love the way Peggy Noonan writes. What a fabulous tribute to a wonderful man who will go down in history as one of the greats of our time.

And note that the criticism of Ronald Reagan sounds familiar.

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[mitch5501]

"...and Soviet communism had fallen. But of course it didn't fall. It was pushed. By Mr. Know Nothing Cowboy Gunslinger Dimwit. All presidents should be so stupid."

Amen!

Some of it though,sounds like the sort of things currently being said about Bush.

God bless Ronald Reagan,a great and humble man.

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[ride the whirlwind]

Once a woman wrote to him and noted that while he had movingly denounced Nazism, there was another terrible "ism," communism, and he ought to mention that, too. In his next speech, to industry people and others, he said that if communism ever proved itself the threat to decency that Nazism was, he'd denounce it, too. Normally he got applause in this part of the speech. Now he was met by silence.

In that silence he built his future, becoming a man who'd change the world.

I wonder who this insightful woman was - she helped to get the ball rolling that helped to end the cold war eventually.

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[wjcsux]

Great read. God Bless you, Mr. President.

[DoctorMichael]

Brilliant! What a Wordsmith!

Thanks.

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