Outside the Beltway

Reagan: Going Home

James Joyner · Friday, June 11, 2004 · 2 comments

The trip home begins.

A casket containing the body of former President Reagan is loaded by a military honor guard into a lift truck at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Friday June 11, 2004. Reagan's body will return to California for burial. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A casket containing the body of former President Reagan is loaded by a military honor guard into a lift truck at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Friday June 11, 2004. Reagan’s body will return to California for burial.
(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

Proud American from Arkansas says:

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 13:57

What an honor it must have been to be one of the chosen few to carry President Reagan’s casket. Does anyone have any information on the selection process?
Chasing the Wind says:

Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 13:43

Last Words on Reagan around the Blogosphere
Seeing a soldier – these are the toughest men I know – standing in salute with tears running down his cheek lets you know just how moving this ceremony was.

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