The Briefing Room

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Title: Ronald Reagan June 6, 1984
Post by: txradioguy on June 06, 2017, 04:58:30 pm
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These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. And these are the heroes who helped end a war. Gentlemen, I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen Spender's poem. You are men who in your "lives fought for life and left the vivid air signed with your honor."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I