[Balata]

"I'll simply ask, would John Wayne ever have spit on anyone? Even Tokyo Rose? I doubt it."

You are absolutely right. He would have smacked her right in the chops.

There is a scene in one of his movies (I believe it was McClintock) where he said, "I won't hit you. I won't hit you. The Hell I won't." and then turned around and delivered a hay-maker in the typical John Wayne style.

[zook]

"here is a scene in one of his movies (I believe it was McClintock) where he said, "I won't hit you. I won't hit you. The Hell I won't." and then turned around and delivered a hay-maker in the typical John Wayne style."

Go back and watch it again. He hit a man, not a woman. The Duke spanked his (estranged) wife in that film, but he never slugged a woman.