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Thu Jul-09-09 10:35 AM
Response to Reply #8 |
| 16. What no Audie Murphy? n/t |
| -The Curious Legend of John Wayne |
WI_DEM |
Jul-09-09 10:00 AM |
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I've always loved Manchester's story of the booing. Here's a photo of the RealJohnWayne |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:05 AM |
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I met Ted Williams in the early '80s at Winter Haven during spring training. |
predfan |
Jul-09-09 10:17 AM |
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Awesome! |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:39 AM |
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The author of the article made some great points about social conservatism |
theHandpuppet |
Jul-09-09 10:34 AM |
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Could you tell us more about the photo? I'm assuming that's |
hedgehog |
Jul-09-09 10:51 AM |
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It's Ted Williams. Served in 2 wars, gave up, how many seasons, Capt., |
predfan |
Jul-09-09 10:55 AM |
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It's Ted Williams when he was flying fighters in the Korean War. He went to Korea |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:57 AM |
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Thanks! |
hedgehog |
Jul-09-09 11:10 AM |
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You're welcome, 'Hog! |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 11:11 AM |
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Well, Pilgrim. you're a cruisin' for a bruisin' if you're a'gonna start in on |
predfan |
Jul-09-09 10:06 AM |
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Dog, I hate that movie. But he and O'Hara are very good together. |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:14 AM |
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When do actors match with real life |
Annces |
Jul-09-09 10:08 AM |
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I LOVE "They Were Expendable." You'd never know Montgomery was a true war hero of the two. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:13 AM |
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And to think that thousands of Vietnam vets |
pscot |
Jul-09-09 10:15 AM |
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! |
Echo In Light |
Jul-09-09 10:18 AM |
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Not really a cowboy, never in the military; "John Wayne" wasn't even his real name |
LeftinOH |
Jul-09-09 10:18 AM |
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What no Audie Murphy? n/t |
hootinholler |
Jul-09-09 10:35 AM |
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Thanks to the shout out to Tracy! Yet he got hassled for being a draft dodger in WWII. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Jul-09-09 10:40 AM |
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Eddie Albert |
pscot |
Jul-09-09 11:07 AM |
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Always dug Eddie Albert ever since I was a little kid. Green Acres was awesome. |
zonkers |
Jul-09-09 11:12 AM |
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He lost much of his hearing in that operation |
Frank Cannon |
Jul-09-09 11:34 AM |
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Eddie Albert was a great man |
Bluenorthwest |
Jul-09-09 11:48 AM |
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Thanks for that info |
Catherine Vincent |
Jul-09-09 12:47 PM |
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his best buddy and fellow gardener was James Whitmore. |
roguevalley |
Jul-09-09 02:37 PM |
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Two great quotes from Eddie, a REAL hero |
theHandpuppet |
Jul-09-09 11:58 AM |
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Thanks for that |
Frank Cannon |
Jul-09-09 12:19 PM |
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Wow. I didn't know all these things about him. |
TuxedoKat |
Jul-09-09 12:39 PM |
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Lee Marvin, too |
Blue_Tires |
Jul-09-09 11:38 AM |
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I *LOVE* Lee Marvin. He was a decorated soldier. I think he was |
roguevalley |
Jul-09-09 02:38 PM |
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Lee Marvin was not a soldier |
Thothmes |
Jul-10-09 05:13 AM |
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meh. he served. My uncle was a marine and left on Guadalcanal |
roguevalley |
Jul-10-09 03:39 PM |
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Lee Marvin is buried in Arlington, right next to my Great Uncle Joe Louis |
MrScorpio |
Jul-09-09 03:45 PM |
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Know who else? This guy: |
rockymountaindem |
Jul-09-09 03:14 PM |
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All helmet, no soldier |
TommyO |
Jul-09-09 10:21 AM |
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Marion was just a big puffed up chickenhawk fraud |
mitchum |
Jul-09-09 10:26 AM |
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Ever see the movie Repo Man? haha |
Echo In Light |
Jul-09-09 10:31 AM |
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Repo Man is a classic. |
proteus_lives |
Jul-09-09 11:38 AM |
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Sounds like George McClellan |
PVnRT |
Jul-09-09 10:29 AM |
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My grandfather despised John Wayne just for this very reason |
TornadoTN |
Jul-09-09 10:31 AM |
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Your grandpa and my dad, real men, real heroes. I hug you. |
roguevalley |
Jul-09-09 02:40 PM |
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Thanks - and one for you as well. Both the greatest men, I'm sure |
TornadoTN |
Jul-09-09 03:07 PM |
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So it takes 100 yrs to unmask a Chickenhawk. So despite Shrub saying he doesn't care what History |
UTUSN |
Jul-09-09 10:36 AM |
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"I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress. " |
htuttle |
Jul-09-09 10:37 AM |
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! ...see my post #14 |
Echo In Light |
Jul-09-09 10:58 AM |
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the Marines honored him |
GreatCaesarsGhost |
Jul-09-09 10:56 AM |
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It always bothered me to see Republicans degrade civilian |
hedgehog |
Jul-09-09 10:59 AM |
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John Wayne was a mother fucking jerk... |
Hepburn |
Jul-09-09 11:21 AM |
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Here's a good list of actor/veterans |
theHandpuppet |
Jul-09-09 11:22 AM |
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Interesting reading. Thanx. |
lumpy |
Jul-09-09 03:02 PM |
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O'Reilly TWICE referred to Malmedy incorrectly as |
stanwyck |
Jul-09-09 05:27 PM |
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the war hero of my generation was John Rambo |
electricD |
Jul-09-09 12:21 PM |
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And he was a shitty actor. |
progressoid |
Jul-09-09 12:48 PM |
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LOL! |
Catherine Vincent |
Jul-09-09 12:50 PM |
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My dad rode on a troop ship with Errol Flynn. |
bmbmd |
Jul-09-09 12:50 PM |
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Clark Gable enlisted when Carole Lombard died in a bond raising |
roguevalley |
Jul-09-09 02:43 PM |
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I don't get it. Errol Flynn was gay? Flynn was famous for being |
lumpy |
Jul-09-09 02:53 PM |
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Good question. |
bmbmd |
Jul-09-09 03:36 PM |
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ages of stars |
Jack35 |
Jul-09-09 12:51 PM |
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Wayne was as phony as they come. |
Vidar |
Jul-09-09 01:50 PM |
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George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima |
KG |
Jul-09-09 02:41 PM |
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Is it ok if I liked some of the guys movies? |
Johonny |
Jul-09-09 02:59 PM |
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Where does it mention anything about not liking his movies. I like many Wayne films. |
WI_DEM |
Jul-09-09 03:10 PM |
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I would rather say that I am a fan of John Ford films, but yah |
wolfgangmo |
Jul-09-09 05:00 PM |
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clearly a few ppl in the thread do |
Johonny |
Jul-10-09 12:08 AM |
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John Wayne in "Green Berets" ... the only time we actually threw things at the screen in Nam |
TahitiNut |
Jul-09-09 03:18 PM |
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Thanks TahitiNut, until now I've made internal excuses for John Wayne. |
ControlledDemolition |
Jul-10-09 12:40 AM |
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John Wayne in The Conqueror - one of the funniest movies I've ever seen |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Jul-10-09 12:56 AM |
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Slim Pickens stole the show. |
Vidar |
Jul-10-09 04:22 PM |
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"A poem, by John Wayne" |
road2000 |
Jul-10-09 04:15 PM |
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