[inflorida]

I was six years old and at Reagan's inauguration with my dad.

[Jambe]

I was driving back to South Bend, Indiana from a day of business in Detroit. Listened to the radio news the entire way home.

That evening I was watching an ABC News Special on the release of the Iran hostages. They were doing profiles on selected hostages and I was shocked when I recognized of them.

Lt. Cmdr Robert Engleman (USNR) was one of the hostages and had been a Naval Attache at the time of the takeover. I served with Bob when he was a Lt. Jg in the early 70's aboard a submarine based out of New London, Conn. We shared several interests including sports cars and New England car rally's. Remember Chicane III?

It put a lump in my throat to see his picture on the TV that night - I was so thankful that Ronald Reagan was our President. The nightmare was over.

One of those things whose details will always be burned into memory.