On May 15, 1942, Lieutenant Ronald Reagan requested a transfer to the Army Air Force.  As part of the transfer, Reagan was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit.  There, he worked on, and eventually starred in, film shorts to promote World War II efforts. This movie still of Ronald Reagan in a P-40 airplane is from the Army Air Force training film “Identification of a Japanese Zero.” 1943 -Historic photos of Ronald Reagan
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On May 15, 1942, Lieutenant Ronald Reagan requested a transfer to the Army Air Force.  As part of the transfer, Reagan was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit.  There, he worked on, and eventually starred in, film shorts to promote World War II efforts.

This movie still of Ronald Reagan in a P-40 airplane is from the Army Air Force training film “Identification of a Japanese Zero.” 1943

-Historic photos of Ronald Reagan

Source: reagan.utexas.edu

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