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President Ronald Regan waves hello to MCAS Beaufort before departing Air Force One after a visit Wednesday to the Lowcountry.
President Reagan visits Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort THIS STORY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JET STREAM ON JUNE 20, 1986 Story and Photo by: Staff Sgt. Ray Tademy, Jr.
Air Force One touched down at MCAS Beaufort right on schedule Wednesday as President Ronald Reagan stopped here enroute to a scheduled visit at MCRD Parris Island. The president was welcomed by Col. David Richwine, command officer, MCAS Beaufort; Brigadier General James Mead, COMCABEast: Mayor Henry C. Chambers of Beaufort; state Rep. Bill Cork R-Hilton Head; and Sen. Sam Applegate, R-S.C., at the foor of the boarding platform as he departed the plane. He then waved to the crowd of more than 1000 Marines, dependents, civilian employees and students from
both Laurel Bay School as he walked toward Marine One, the designated VH-3D presidnetial helicopter of HMX-1 based at MCDEC Quantico, Va. When the president arrived at Parris Island, he was escorted by Maj. Gen. Stephen Olmstead, Depot commanding general, to the site of the 12 obstacle Confidence Course. It was here he observed nearly 100 recruits as they cross the “monkey bridge”. tackled the ‘A Frame’ and braved the ‘Slide for Life.’ He later spoke to more than 7,500 people from the steps of the Parris Island headquartes building. He met with four honor graduates from basic training and visited three military families before boarding Marine One again for his trip back to the air station. Marine one touched down at Beaufort about 12:00 p.m. The president disembarked from the aircraft to the cheers of another gathered crowd and walked and waved as he proceeded toward Air Force One. Before he boarded the plane, however, Mayor Chambers presented the president with a painting of Bay
Street Beaufort which was just completed at 2 a.m. by local artist Nancy Ricker Rhett. After that, Col. Richwine presented the president with a plaque on behalf of Marines, Sailors and Civilian sering at the air station. Likewise, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, was also presented a similar plaque. The president then boarded Air Force One and departed the air station enroute to a scheduled stop at Greensboro,N.C. Several senators and congressman accompanied the president on his visit to the lowcountry. They were Sen. Strom Thurmond R-S.C.; Sen. Jesse Helms R-N.C.; Rep Thomas Hartnett, R-S.C.; Rep. Carol Campbell, R-S.C. The visit here was the first of a president to the lowcountry since President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s stop here in April 1943. Before that, President Washington is said to have visited here in 1791 and President Monroe in 1819.