Ronald Reagan: “In your courage, your tenacity, your know-how, you summed up all that…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1987

In your courage, your tenacity, your know-how, you summed up all that is best in the American spirit; in a word, all that is heroic.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Ceremony Honoring the Coast Guard for the Rescue of the Crew of the Soviet Merchant Ship Komsomolets Kirgizii

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