[Reagan Man]

This is a Glenn Ford memorial thread and no one enjoyed his movies more then I did. One of my favorite actors of all time and a great American patriot. Like Jimmy Stewart, Ford served America in uniform for many years and we should all honor his service to the cause of freedom.

RIP Glenn Ford.

OTOH. Lets set the record straight. There have been several reasons offered for why The Duke didn't serve in WWII. From Wayne wanting to serve, but being unable to enlist; to his being turned down due to an old football injury; and because he simply didn't want to damage his film career. As far as I can tell, no one ever made a big deal about it and for one good reason. John Wayne did more for the war effort by making patriotic movies about WWII like Flying Tigers, Reunion in France, Back to Bataan, They Were Expendable, then he ever could have parading around Europe or the South Pacifc maybe getting himself killed.

In the post WWII period John Wayne`s patriotism was front and center. Wayne was also an ardent anti-communist and his public words and actions did more to advance the USA around the world then anyone else of his time. When the Vietnam War started going badly and public opinion began to hurt troop moral, Wayne was making visits to troops in the field without any public fanfare. Wayne even took a huge gamble by producing and directing a movie about Vietnam called "The Green Berets". The anti-war crowd in Hollywood trashed both the movie and Wayne for glorifying the war effort. John Wayne has nothing to be ashamed of and owes no apologizes to anyone.

Check this out: Unforgettable John Wayne by Ronald Reagan

Btw, I love John Ford movies. Especially with John Wayne starring. Its a well known fact Ford could be a first class liberal butthole, and we all know how Ford liked the butts of both sexes too. Nuff said.

[wayoverthehill]

AND well said, if I may say so. As a "pre-WWII" baby, I grew up watching all of John Wayne's movies and although I'm not so naive as to think the man was perfect, I loved and respected him - at least the image he projected, which, I believe was sincere.

I wouldn't give you 2 pins for any of the Hollywood crowd these days but on the day John Wayne died, and Jimmy Stewart, I bawled like a baby.

May just do it again after reading this thread.

[good old days]

Thank you for posting that link. That was a great read.