[rlmorel]

My favorite too.

Big John Wayne fan. The fact that during the Vietnam War, he would go toe to toe with protesters standing outside the VA Hospitals he would go to, and had no problem engaging with them. (Lest one think “Hey, they wouldn’t protest outside a hospital with wounded servicemen, would they?” one only needs to look at Walter Reed during Gulf War II. Despicable a-holes.)

He was a conservative, and not afraid to say so. Even then, in the Sixties and early Seventies, being conservative was becoming a career stopper.

But, loved The Searchers. And, of course, loved True Grit. Just watched it again a few weeks ago...:)

I was so jealous of him, he bought a WWII minesweeper and turned it into a pleasure yacht! The “Wild Goose”! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_YMS-328)

[Slicksadick]

Thanks for the detailed reply! I am fortunate enough to still live in the city of my childhood, Newport Beach, CA. My parents home in the 60s-70s was just a quater mile from Wayne's. We used to see him all the time around town, (sans toupee!) His yacht is still here as a charter doing weddings and such...