Ronald Reagan

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....

During the busiest times in his presidency, Ronald Reagan took time out to respond to dozens of letters each week from the many friends and private citizens who wrote to him about their concerns. A fascinating glimpse at the issues facing the United States during the 1980's, Dear Americans traces histsory in the making. Reagan delivered sensitive, eloquent messages to senior citizens worried about the Social Security program's solvency, indigent persons...

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...

A collection of "actual war footage & dramatic recreations" of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, including interviews with military personnel from both sides, both before and after the attack.

Santa Fe Trail: s pre-civil war historical battle for "Bloody Kansas." Abilene Town: A dutiful sheriff finds himself in the middle of a war between cattlemen and homesteaders in Kansas.

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...