tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post5465534491860106426..comments2024-03-19T14:51:21.425-04:00Comments on The Trad: Trad Xmas List: Duke Wayne - Born in the USAtintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-71306531402193772742012-12-06T13:51:54.942-05:002012-12-06T13:51:54.942-05:00Hey, there's also a John Wayne monopoly game.Hey, there's also a John Wayne monopoly game. gentleman machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485395378797559032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-52363610412168427332012-12-06T11:19:50.762-05:002012-12-06T11:19:50.762-05:00And Lee Marvin, Marine wounded in action during th...And Lee Marvin, Marine wounded in action during the battle for Saipan against the Japanese. Buried at Arlington. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-36198926022912246522012-12-06T10:58:48.456-05:002012-12-06T10:58:48.456-05:00But the Duke was a...a...REPUBLICAN!!
-DBBut the Duke was a...a...REPUBLICAN!!<br /><br />-DBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-43776789080059633762012-12-06T10:51:03.963-05:002012-12-06T10:51:03.963-05:00I love the bathroom shot. Love it.I love the bathroom shot. Love it.Alice Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726631444593912661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-79877669011793077532012-12-06T10:15:14.449-05:002012-12-06T10:15:14.449-05:00Oyster Guy- Great comment my erudite and sophistic...Oyster Guy- Great comment my erudite and sophisticated friend. I've always been partial to the Searchers, the Cowboys and the True Grit soundtrack for driving out west. Bruce Dern is amazing in the Cowboys and for what he did its even more amazing he had the career he has had. <br /><br />Stew- Don't knock it 'til you tried. Goes down amazingly easy which is why I never could drink more than two. <br /><br />Antonio- That's the consensus. It's complicated with fingers pointed at the studio and at Wayne. It seems he made an effort to join the OSS when he couldn't join John Huston's unit. I think Clark Gable enlisted @ 40 and Jimmy Stewart enlisted at 34. Both were promised nothing by the Army. Frank Sinatra also managed to avoid serving. Their bravado comes off somewhat disingenuous when compared to the understated behavior of folks like Gable, Stewart, Lancaster and Sterling Hayden who did serve in the OSS. tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-70870263448312927262012-12-06T09:37:46.346-05:002012-12-06T09:37:46.346-05:00He had a football injury that prevented him from s...He had a football injury that prevented him from service correct?<br /><br />I took at Film class on the history of the western at SC and a major recollection of that class was my professor's assertion that, had it not been for the war, John Wayne would never have been a successful actor. Apparently, the majority of Hollywood's western stars of the time were drafted, leaving a plethora of roles for Wayne, who was acting in B movies at the time and struggling to make it big. Enzo AGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954814706002705880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-45604222376964958892012-12-06T09:36:24.002-05:002012-12-06T09:36:24.002-05:00sorry this is my takeaway from this, but EQUAL par...sorry this is my takeaway from this, but EQUAL parts (mixed!) booze and grapefruit juice? should be called the Buick Special. GSV JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151693998976927921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-34245388503141631892012-12-06T08:26:52.698-05:002012-12-06T08:26:52.698-05:00George-
Draft age in WWII was 18-45 with men up to...George-<br />Draft age in WWII was 18-45 with men up to 65 required to register. tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-55134022649664835482012-12-06T07:38:08.251-05:002012-12-06T07:38:08.251-05:00George-
He was married with children as well but m...George-<br />He was married with children as well but many men served in WWII who were not drafted and were married with children and were older than 34. tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-16752585361171259222012-12-06T07:19:40.711-05:002012-12-06T07:19:40.711-05:00Why would he feel guilty about not having served i...Why would he feel guilty about not having served in the military? He was 10 years old when WW1 started and 34 when WW2 started. Not exactly draft age.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-68019994719032660202012-12-06T01:30:14.424-05:002012-12-06T01:30:14.424-05:00"In him, some of us see the man we'd like..."In him, some of us see the man we'd like to be. I think he saw in us, the man he wanted to be."<br /><br />That is a serious money quote. Rio Bravo and his last film The Shootist were always favs of mine.Oyster Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-74529729178925771292012-12-05T17:54:39.256-05:002012-12-05T17:54:39.256-05:00Nick- Looks like it, mate. HMS Morecambe Bay. Anti...Nick- Looks like it, mate. HMS Morecambe Bay. Anti A/C Frigate (K624), commissioned from 1949-1956tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-83249904467726886362012-12-05T17:38:00.328-05:002012-12-05T17:38:00.328-05:00Royal Navy sailors?Royal Navy sailors?Nicknoreply@blogger.com