[davem4616]

Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq

You want to put this guy on a pedestal go right ahead.

Truth be told he avoided Military Service through a so called football injury. Well 2 weeks before the War ended he was declared A1A.

Mr. Wayne was a 2 pack a day Drunk by 2:00 PM most of his films were done in the AM.

Ask yourself what was J. Wayne doing on " D Day ". Likely Drunk. While smoking a Camel.

He was no better than the Jane Fonda crowd. A total phony.

Years later he attended a reception at the White House to honor the Hanoi Hilton POW's, and had the nerve to sit at the very table with Commander Alvereze the longest person to be in the Hanoi Hilton . No shame, After all he was John Wayne the movie star of the 40's who rode horses fought off bandits, rustlers, Indians, and later on the Japanese on Iwo Jima.

Then onto Vietnam. Oh yes he did it all.

John Wayne had no shame, no guilt, and went about his life adored to this day by individuals like you. Falling off horses, playing hero's, meanwhile …. believe what you like.

Meanwhile their is a statue of Mr. Wayne at the Fort Benning main Gate . Why not Audi Murphy.

John Houston promoted this clown and pulled in many favors to keep out of the military.

Wow...glad that you were able to get all of this stuff that you've been carrying around off your chest.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by davem4616

Wow...glad that you were able to get all of this stuff that you've been carrying around off your chest.

But is any of this true?

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq

Truth be told he avoided Military Service through a so called football injury. Well 2 weeks before the War ended he was declared A1A.

Actually he lost his football scholarship at USC from a body surfing injury. John Wayne - Wikipedia

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Stuart Zaikov

But is any of this true?

some 'half truths'

Duke did smoke, he did drink and he never served in the military...albeit he tried to enlist early on and toward the end of WWII he tried again to enlist

I like his movies...and what I believe he stood for

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by davem4616

Wow...glad that you were able to get all of this stuff that you've been carrying around off your chest.

Not the first time ...... can't be healthy!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by davem4616

some 'half truths'

Duke did smoke, he did drink and he never served in the military...albeit he tried to enlist early on and toward the end of WWII he tried again to enlist

I like his movies...and what I believe he stood for

Agreed

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by davem4616

some 'half truths'

Duke did smoke, he did drink and he never served in the military...albeit he tried to enlist early on and toward the end of WWII he tried again to enlist

I like his movies...and what I believe he stood for

He was born in May of 1907 so was what, 34 years of age when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, 37 on D-Day?

IMHO his movies accomplished more for American morale during wartime than he could have accomplished as an anonymous single middle aged soldier.

He was 10 - 11 years old during WWI, a little young to enlist.

Likely a majority of adult males smoked during most of his adult life, up until around 1964. His smoking was not unusual or even frowned upon in those days. It was considered sociable. (ugh)

A lot of hard liquor used to be consumed, at least in the movies, along with a lot of cigarette smoking. During my 20s and 30s the "three martini lunch" on a salesman's expense account was pretty common.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

John Wayne - Rotten Tomatoes

I have seen about 2/3s of his movies.

Some of them were very entertaining.

He was and still is an icon. I liked the characters he usually portrayed, a little rough around the edges, heroic types. As has been said earlier, he probably did far more from a morale standpoint than he could have done by joining up. Think of Bob Hope entertaining the troups vs Bob Hope with an M1 or swabbing a deck.
As to his movies, I have and enjoy a few of his old "cliffhanger" serials like "The Hurricane Express" and "The Three Mesquiteers". Good, old fashioned fun.