On the recordJune 3, 1986
Graduates of platoons 1044, 1045, 1046, and 1047, it's my privilege today to be the first to address you as marines, for marines you are and marines you always will be.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRonald Reagan: “Graduates of platoons 1044, 1045, 1046, and 1047, it's my privilege today to be the first to address you as marines, for…”
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Remarks to Marine Corps Basic Training Graduates in Parris Island, South Carolina
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