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Wing and a Prayer
1944 · Film · 97 min
Directed by Henry Hathaway
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
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He repeatedly gave multiple speeches where he confused reality with roles he played, or movies he saw. Most famously, he repeated told the story of a B-17 pilot that was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for staying with the plane to comfort a trapped ball turret gunner until it crashed.
This was climax of the film, “A Wing and a Prayer”.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1984/01/01/where-did-reagan-hear-that-one/b7c9c1b5-2508-4788-942e-0bfb21b4aba9/