Editing Ronald Reagan (section)

===Military service===
[[File:Reagan FMPU.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Captain Reagan in the Army Air Force working for the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California, between 1943 and 1944|Reagan at [[First Motion Picture Unit#Life at Fort Roach|Fort Roach]], between 1943 and 1944]]

In April 1937, Reagan enlisted in the [[United States Army Reserve]]. He was assigned as a [[Private (rank)|private]] in Des Moines' [[322nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|322nd Cavalry Regiment]] and reassigned to [[second lieutenant]] in the Officers Reserve Corps.{{sfn|Oliver|Marion|2010|p=148}} He later became a part of the [[323rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|323rd Cavalry Regiment]] in California.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=96}} As relations between the United States and [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] worsened, Reagan was ordered for active duty while he was filming ''[[Kings Row]]''. Wasserman and Warner Bros. lawyers successfully sent draft deferments to complete the film in October 1941. However, to avoid accusations of Reagan being a [[draft dodger]], the studio let him go in April 1942.{{sfnm|1a1=Woodard|1y=2012|1p=26|2a1=Brands|2y=2015|2pp=54–55}}

Reagan reported for duty with severe [[near-sightedness]]. His first assignment was at [[Fort Mason]] as a [[liaison officer]], a role that allowed him to transfer to the [[United States Army Air Forces]] (AAF). Reagan became an AAF [[public relations officer]] and was assigned to the [[18th AAF Base Unit]] in [[Culver City]]{{sfn|Oliver|Marion|2010|pp=148–149}} where he felt that it was "impossible to remove an incompetent or lazy worker" due to what he felt was "the incompetence, the delays, and inefficiencies" of the federal [[bureaucracy]].{{sfn|Woodard|2012|p=27}} Despite this, Reagan participated in the Provisional Task Force Show Unit in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]]{{sfn|Oliver|Marion|2010|p=149}} and continued to make theatrical films.{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=57}} He was also ordered to temporary duty in New York City to participate in the [[Series E bond|sixth War Loan Drive]] before being reassigned to [[Fort MacArthur]] until his discharge on December 9, 1945, as a [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]]. Throughout his military service, Reagan produced over 400 [[training film]]s.{{sfn|Oliver|Marion|2010|p=149}}