President Reagan's 100th birthday (30 images)

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Picture shows Lt. Ronald Reagan, New Moral Officer at Fort Mason in San Francisco, California at Hamilton Field. (UPI PHOTO/ARMY HANDOUT)

Ronald Reagan is seen here in this 1933 file photo following his move to Des Moines, Iowa where he was the sports announcer for WHO radio station. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File)

After finishing his education at Eureka College, Ronald Reagan began his career as a sports broadcaster on WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa. He is seen here in this file photo taken in the mid-1930's. There he would broadcast Chicago Cubs' ball games based on telegraph reports from Wrigley Field. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File)

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Leading Man? He used to carry the flag or, in this case, the sword, for Warner Brothers. Is it possible that he might become the nation's most important leading man? That's Ronald Reagan at left in a 1940 movie, "Santa Fe Trail." And that's Errol Flynn by his side. Reagan, who has served as Governor of California, is campaigning for the Republican Presidential nomination. (UPI PHOTO/FILES)