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    32 years ago today...

    I was in the graduating audience.
    Commissioned a 2ndLt in the United States Marine Corps.
    Got to shake his hand.
    Fscking AWESOME DAY!!!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecHdvz6T5PI
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    That is some seriously big stuff to shake the Gipper's hand, at your graduation no less - wow. Couple of gals there too

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxfree4 View Post
    That is some seriously big stuff to shake the Gipper's hand, at your graduation no less - wow. Couple of gals there too
    Yeah, I married one of them 7 months later.
    Still got her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 53driver View Post
    I was in the graduating audience.
    Commissioned a 2ndLt in the United States Marine Corps.
    Got to shake his hand.
    Fscking AWESOME DAY!!!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecHdvz6T5PI
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    Steve, where are you at in the video? What time stamp?


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    Quote Originally Posted by 53driver View Post
    Yeah, I married one of them 7 months later.
    Still got her.

    Cheers,
    Steve
    You know as a parent you always want your daughter to marry up but I guess sometimes you have to compromise. (A perfect example of NY Trump humor which may be wrongly confused with arrogance)

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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
    Steve, where are you at in the video? What time stamp?
    I'm not......
    I wasn't one of the "Distinguished Graduates" and then we got our degrees alphabetically by company.
    The video stops at 6th Company. I was 14th.

    What might require a bit of explaining though is at time ~48:30, after President Regan shook the hands of the Distinguished Graduates, he sat back down - he was not supposed to shake everyone's hand for his own health & welfare.
    You see the Superintendent and the President having a few words and then as he stood back up to shake everyone's hand, the mids went nuts.
    Class act - all the way.
    Great day.

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    I get chills with this stuff...thanks 53
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