Ronald Reagan
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During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Whether he was in his White House residence study or aboard Air Force One, from his first inauguration to the end of the Cold War, each night Reagan wrote about the events of his day....
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[2011]
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Ronald Reagan's The Notes is a fascinating window into the mind of our fortieth president and the writers and thinkers to whom he turned for advice, inspiration, humor, and hope. Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, the book includes both Reagan's own writing and his favorite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. The breadth of these notes sheds light on a man who was deeply engaged with the arts, culture,...
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Many of Reagan's handwritten letters are among the most thoughtful, charming, and moving documents he produced. Long letters to his daughter Patti, applauding her honesty, and son Ron Jr., urging him to be the best student he can be, reveal Reagan as a caring parent. Long-running correspondence with old friends, carried on for many decades, reveals the importance of his hometown and college networks. Heartfelt advice on love and marriage, fond memories...
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[2001]
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Until Alzheimer's disease wreaked its gradual destruction, Ronald Reagan was an inveterate writer. He wrote not only letters, short fiction, poetry, and sports stories, but speeches, newspaper articles, and radio commentary on public policy issues, both foreign and domestic. Most of Reagan's original writings are pre-presidential. From 1975 to 1979 he gave more than 1,000 daily radio broadcasts, two-thirds of which he wrote himself. They cover every...
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The heavy U.S. and British warships poised in the English Channel had eighteen targets on their bombardment list for D-Day morning. The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc--where six big German guns were ensconced--was number one. General Omar Bradley called knocking out the Nazi defenses at the Pointe the toughest of any task assigned on June 6, 1944. Under the bulldoggish command of Colonel James E. Rudder of Texas, profiled here, these elite...
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1954
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A western melodrama, aided by a university-edrated Indian who is working for a peaceful coexistence with the white settlers. The daughter of a slain cattleman exposes a wealthy cattle owner as the inciter of renegade indians who murdered her father and stole his herd.
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c2012
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Presented are some of America's best war films that feature a comprehensive set on the Army Air Forces in WWII. These are the original films as they were shot and feature real war footage documentaries that have been preserved by the National Archives of the United States.
10) Santa Fe Trail
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c2004
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Follows the lives of J.E.B. Stuart (Flynn), George Custer (Reagan) and other characters as they leave West Point in the years before the Civil War. Some join John Brown's army of fanatics and reformers; others are sent by the army to quash John Brown. The climax is the Battle of Harper's Ferry that began the Civil War.
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2004
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An Irving Berlin musical tribute intended to boost morale during World War II. It honors the patriotic efforts of American soldiers during World Wars I and II. Berlin appears as himself, as does singer Kate Smit,h who sings God bless America, for which she received the Congressional Gold Medal. Ronald Reagan stars as Johnny Jones, a son who follows in his father's show business footsteps. During World War I his father staged an all-soldier show on...
15) Dark victory
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[1939]
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A beautiful and headstrong heiress suddenly learns that she has only six months to live. Defiant and rebellious at first, she conquers this stroke of fate by the power of great love and ultimately finds peace and happiness in the brief span of life allotted to her.
17) Santa Fe trail
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2004
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Follows the lives of Jeb Stuart (Flynn), George Custer (Reagan) and other characters in the years before the Civil War. The West Point graduates must hunt down abolitionist raider John Brown. Their conflict is deepened by their differing views over the issue of slavery and Brown's abolitionist cause. Friendship and dedication to duty carry them through but the storm clouds of Civil War can be seen on the horizon.
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Sheriff of Cochise (1958) : Sheriff Frank Morgan patrols Cochise County, Arizona during the days when outlaws and bandits roamed the wild western frontier.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock (1958) : Wild Bill Hickock was the bravest U.S. Marshal of the whole west as he beat up the bad guys. Guy Madison was one of the most handsome TV actors of the 1950s and did a very credible job playing the western hero. One of the most successful and longest running...
20) This is the army
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c2004
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In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he beomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, gets orders to stage a new all-soldier show, called This is the Army.