Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech

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Ronald Reagan commemorates the 40th anniversary of D-day. Linking past and present, he harks back to the landing in Normandy to revive a sense of American greatness and strength. 

80th anniversary of D-Day. Eisenhower's D-Day address to troops. Reagan's 1984 Normandy speech.  WWII vet tells Fox News he "feels like a foreigner in his own country." Dems, Biden compare Nazi threat to Trump. Video of Biden looking lost and bent over at Normandy goes viral. Tru ...  Show more

Ep 5: Ronald Reagan brings his long American odyssey to a close in his presidential farewell address, an evocation of America as a shining city on a hill. A nation that builds not walls but bridges.