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SUBJ/PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FUNERAL/WELL DONE//
RMKS/1.  LAST WEEK, OUR NATION PAID TRIBUTE TO A REVERED PRESIDENT,
A GREAT MAN AND OUR FORMER COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, RONALD WILSON REAGAN.
HE BEGAN LIFE IN HUMBLE SURROUNDINGS IN OUR NATION'S HEARTLAND, BUT
HIS ENERGY, FAITH, OPTIMISM AND VISION OF OUR NATION AS THE GUARDIAN
OF FREEDOM LED HIM TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND AT A CRITICAL
TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.  UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE FREE
WORLD OVERCAME THE OPPRESSION AND THREAT OF COMMUNISM, AND HE
BROUGHT A NEW DAWN NOT ONLY TO AMERICA, BUT ALSO TO THE NATIONS
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN.  WE HAVE ALL BEEN BLESSED BY HIS SERVICE TO
MANKIND.
2.  THE WORLD WATCHED AS THE UNITED STATES PAID SOLEMN TRIBUTE TO
ONE OF OUR GREATEST LEADERS.  THEY SAW THE UNMATCHED PROFESSIONALISM



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OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION.  FROM BANDS
AND FIRING SQUADS, TO HONOR GUARDS, PALLBEARERS AND COLOR GUARDS,
THE PRECISE, DIGNIFIED AND IMPRESSIVE WAY YOU CONDUCTED YOURSELVES
BROUGHT HONOR TO THE NAVAL SERVICES AND TO OUR NATION.  ALL OF YOU
MADE YOUR COUNTRYMEN PROUD AND MADE PRESIDENT REAGAN'S FAMILY AND
FRIENDS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
3.  THE MEN AND WOMEN OF USS RONALD REAGAN, HIS NAMESAKE SHIP, WILL
CARRY HIS LEGACY FORWARD IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.  WHETHER IN PUBLIC
OR BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU CAN ALL BE PROUD OF YOUR ROLE IN THIS
HISTORIC MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY.  WELL DONE TO ALL.
4.  THE HONORABLE GORDON ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, SENDS.//
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