John Wayne Addresses Vietnam POWs Upon Their Return

May 24, 1973: John Wayne thanks the President for his services to his country and warmly welcomes America's POWs home at a historic White House dinner.
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[@billhuber2964]

JOHN WAYNE ,A REAL AMERICAN , GOD BLESS HIM , GOD REST HIS SOUL .

[@sandrafraser8120]

He was and still is a legend and will always be remembered for his love of his country, it showed in his movies.

[@ethelhoose2972]

One the few who showed respect for the men and women who served in Vietnam

[@danielbixel8633]

His movie, The Green Berets was a funny book story of Vietnam. Veterans I know said they laughed at it when they saw it.

[@walterburger5281]

@@danielbixel8633 Well it wasn't meant to be laughed at. It wasn't a comedy. Although our efforts in Vietnam were a comedy of errors.

[@danielbixel8633]

@@walterburger5281 no it was a piece of pro war propaganda. The North Vietnamese were a bunch of baby/killing psychopaths and the Green Berets were all a bunch of humanitarian social workers bringing food and medicine. By the way, it bore no resemblance to the book on which it was supposedly based. Funny how so much of Vietnam looked like pine forests in Georgia. I admit, when I was ten, I thought it was cool but over the years it became so laughable.

[@russellgay5337]

@@danielbixel8633 What did YOU do for the Vietnam Veterans?

[@danielbixel8633]

@@russellgay5337 One Thing my Vietnam friends thanked me for was not buying into John Wayne’s movie, the Green Berets. They told me when they saw in in country they laughed at it.Thought it was stupid.

[@Makotonine]

I remember men similar to the Duke when I was growing up, there seems to be none now!

[@02GrandAmGT1989]

John Wayne would be out shooting commies right now he were alive. Were being taken over! BLM is a terrorist organization and they are black supremacists

[@williamwilson6499]

He’s a draft dodger...just like Clinton and Trump.

[@johnnyblade9272]

@@williamwilson6499 Please if you gonna make an accusation at least know what you're talking about... Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status (classified as 3-A - family deferment, because he was the sole provider for his family.

[@killroy7114]

@@johnnyblade9272 And he begged the studios to let him join up, but they wouldn’t let him. He lived with that guilt the rest of his life.

[@jacksonjones3741]

@@johnnyblade9272 Amen, brother

[@talbotsplace7316]

Seeing the Duke say these things at this time of year (independence day holiday) reminds me that we once were something special. We could be again, may God make it so.

[@pcooke9865]

2 Chronicles 7:14

[@sandrafraser8120]

Yes it is a wonderful country if it was run properly.

[@TuongNguyen-rd7tx]

To me, a young Vietnamese boy in the 60’s in Viet Nam, John Wayne was a symbolic American Cowboy. I loved to watch cowboy movies having him playing as a cowboy riding horse very much! I heard a story about his speeding ticket one night on Freeway 405 in Southern California. The policeman stopped his car and approached him. John rolled down window and asked the policeman:” What’s the matter, officer?”. As soon as the young officer recognized John Wayne, he instead gave John Wayne a speeding ticket just warning him not driving too fast!.

[@retroguy9494]

Yes, a similar thing happened to Jack Benny as well. By the way, John Wayne really DID love horses and to ride them. He owned a ranch in California just like Ronald Reagan did.

[@CRAIG5835]

As you would.

[@Carpenterdane]

Bless his heart, he truly loved America & American soldiers. He tried to go in the military but was declined due to a knee injury he sustained playing football at University of Southern California, 2:36 plus he had 4 kids at the time.

[@paulpelentay9337]

Correction: Marion Morris aka John Wayne played at a real football program, which is The University of Southern California. That is where he me Ward Bond, a compatriots in a lot of John Wayne movies

[@jerryboucher5622]

@@paulpelentay9337 assclown you dont even know the name of the coward you worship.

[@H43339]

@@jerryboucher5622 What is your problem boucher boy, who do you worship BHO.

[@jerryboucher5622]

@@H43339 pos you sure do have the right name as we know where you like to take it.SMILE.just like your girlfriend marian morrison.

[@jerryboucher5622]

A complete lying sack of shit.Your punk ass hero never played and was about as real as YOU.Cowards cling to one another for a damn good reason.

[@ralphkern380]

A big BIG MAN in so many ways....

[@jerryboucher5622]

HA HA HA YEAH RALPHIE YOU CAN DEFINITELY TESTIFY TO THAT PAL.

[@VMA225]

Thank You POW's from the Marines of VMA 225 who served at Chu Lai, RVN in 1965.

[@maryphillips8996]

And Welcome Home from this proud American

[@rayeisenstein4245]

Welcome Home and you are a Hero. I Apologize to you and all who served in Vietnam for the way you were treated when you got home.

[@c.rutherford]

Looks for all the world like he wrote his own thoughts down on a piece of paper so he was sure he said it all and went up and read them. The whole thing came across humble and sincere. Given all the controversy and hardship the vets had in Vietnam they had to appreciate that.

[@TrishaDishaWarEagle]

God Bless John Wayne and God Bless our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines past present and future, and God Bless Richard Nixon. Love of country is everything.

[@mirror1001]

Nixon fucking quit

[@TheMimiof7]

I remember this as if it was yesterday. God bless our troops ❤

[@michaelnivens6267]

God Bless John Wayne - Rest In peace , Duke

[@jerryboucher5622]

god bless all the little cowards mikey

[@H43339]

@@jerryboucher5622 just WHAT !!! Are you trying to say boucher boy , coward girl friend ? Coward this Coward that SPIT IT OUT BOY !!!

[@scottdunkirk8198]

@@jerryboucher5622who?

[@lesliezeihan8497]

What a wonderful man he was!! Someone we could all look up to!! Miss him!!

[@delavalmilker]

Next to his outspoken patriotism, Wayne had a deep love of the acting profession. It's good he didn't live to see the crapfest that Hollywood has become today.

[@andywerner838]

I agree ...sad

[@discernment8963]

I couldn't agree more, I lost my Dad in 05,& I certainly miss him,but for the same reason I'm thankful him didn't have to see for America's lowest point in my lifetime. The PC election of BHO.

[@degsbabe]

He'd be disgusted. What he would make of Trump -god only knows.

[@teller1290]

like many, he'd be held hostage to Trump due to alternative of Hillary, et al.

[@H43339]

@@degsbabe He (Duke) would disown Hollywood and Vice Versa, Who Cares !!! And He Would Praise TRUMP !!!!

[@mikeholton9876]

he had his faults, just like we all do, but he loved this country, he loved her soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen. he was raised in a different time, mindsets were literally different back then, his "record" with minorities particularly Blacks wasn't exemplary when judged by todays standards. that said, were he "in his prime" today i think you would see a different John Wayne, still every bit the proud American, but with a better viewpoint towards race. im typing this with a sad but poignant mindset, racial inequality has been the one big stumbling block in this Republic's evolution and we still have a ways to go yet, but moving that way we still are. and i know that im happy that we are, i suspect Men like the Duke are, and men like Malcolm X and Dr. King are as well (each of them in their own way molding the clay of our Republic, directing it forward) John Wayne represents a big piece of the American Ethos, the "Rugged individualism" that exemplifies the American. Any American, regardless of color. My grandfather was a Sharecropper in south Georgia, Daddy worked in a paper mill, I handle million dollar accounts today. my partner in our endeavors is a Black man, who's Grandfather was a sharecropper, his dad worked at the same paper mill, and he also handles million dollar accounts for our company. we both consider each other equals (because we are) he is also someone i consider to be one of my absolute best friends, mostly because he's good people, but also because we both get it. nobody can change who they were born as, but anyone can change who they are, if they are given that chance. God Bless America.

[@pipesmoker4238]

I hit dislike by accident then corrected it with a like. Hope that corrected my error.

[@allthatrouble]

What a wonderful man and patriotic american. They surely don't make em like the Duke anymore. Thank you for sharing this so that we might enjoy John Wayne one more time.

[@TheBiglee777]

What a great American more loved now than ever he is truly missed by all of us.

[@dunning234]

John Wayne a great American.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

John Wayne had a deep love for his Country! He tried to join the service in WWII but was rejected, but that didn't stop him from entertaining our troops and defending our Country in his speeches! He loved our military and showed it!

[@danielbixel8633]

He didn't try very hard to serve in WWII.

[@glenporteous4438]

LOL, he was more worried about his movie career.

[@russellgay5337]

@@glenporteous4438 Did YOU serve? John Wayne was exempted from service due to his age (34 at the time of Pearl Harbor) and family status (classified as 3-A - family deferment).

[@glenporteous4438]

@@russellgay5337 Yes.

[@jasonm949]

@@russellgay5337 He was a coward who hid behind excuses. Plenty of men with families were drafted, and more than a few actors joined older than Marion.

[@jacksonjones3741]

He was the last of the True American breed. There wont be anybody like him again.

[@james8156]

The “ Duke “ although never having served in the armed forces ( He still had pride and dedication for this wonderful country and it’s men and women Who
had served )

[@artm1973]

Duke, not "the" Duke.

[@jerryboucher5622]

YOUR AS FULL OF SHIT AS YOUR COWARD GIRLFRIEND

[@jamesngetha6760]

@@artm1973 astonishingly, very few people today are aware of the important distinction you made. Thanks.

[@robertisham5279]

There's more to patriotism and serving your country than just millitary service. Why does it seem like people only associate those two with the millitary only?

[@james8156]

@@robertisham5279 I agree.

[@frankforan9179]

The Duke was great. We miss him. Sorry he is gone.

[@repure1999]

This meant more to the soldiers of a lost war who were treated like crap when all they ever did was to take orders. We owe a massive debt to the soldiers who take orders and die for our liberty! 🇺🇸

[@retroguy9494]

Yes it most certainly DID! And yes, we DO!

[@retroguy9494]

@@DuckyBhoy It DID and it WAS! I remember when this happened even though I was only 8. Unless you're my age or older, you have no idea how badly those kids who were in Vietnam were ostracized by my parents and grandparents generation who had been in World War II and Korea. They were labeled as 'losers' and there were no parades or happy welcome homes. They were badly criticized right on the street. Then, along comes the Duke himself who gave this speech. Coming from HIM, those guys DID feel a sense of comfort and purpose. Its as if the Duke was saying....screw everyone else. You guys ARE patriots who love our country, served it and did what you were ordered to do.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@retroguy9494 The war was illegal.

[@retroguy9494]

@@MarkHarrison733 Well, Congress did not actually declare war on Vietnam. But it DID authorize escalation and use of military force through the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The issue up for debate is whether LBJ lied to the Congress and the American people about the actual incident involving that ship in the Gulf.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@retroguy9494 The US invasion was illegal as it violated Chapter VII of the United Nations' Charter.

[@whynot2734]

one of a kind I learned alot from this man

[@lindioncicerao1247]

I have 20ish year old young men working for me. When they don't do it right i tell them "that ain't how john wayne would do it". They asked me who john wayne was. Lol. Well they've learned who john wayne is, and how to do it right. We of my gerneration have learned how to be better men and good god fearing americans by watching his setting an example for us to follow. Thanks duke. Rip.

[@SouthernGirl72364]

Duke went to Vietnam in June, 1966, spending 3 weeks there meeting soldiers. When he was with the 3rd battalion of the 7th Marine Regiment, Vietcong snipers fired on the Marines' position, and bullets from AK-47s hit within a few yards of him.

[@sandrafraser8120]

A true hero.

[@fixitmann6685]

It's a great country, and it's a lot better off with you fella's back here. Now, that's a great statement.

[@gregdavis19]

What a true American Patriot!

[@jerryboucher5622]

your as pathetic as the fraud you speak of.

[@H43339]

@@jerryboucher5622 if you don't have anything nice to say STFU boucher Boy

[@gabrielmolina8880]

JERRY BOUCHER get the fuck off this video then, what you were expecting ,a REAL MAN unlike yourself to disgrace people who fought for him? Fortunately I’ve never Come face-to-face with anyone like yourself, but if I did, I would you would have a hard time finding your Balls. You are probably the most pathetic scrawny little estrogen Guy I’ve ever heard of... don’t EVER speak Like that to appreciative smart people.

[@carolinecorman1716]

Gary Senise is a pro American actor. There are a few. Kurt Russell too.

[@jerrywoods4066]

Tom hanks

[@-dash]

Clint Eastwood, Jon Voight, George C. Scott are a few others.

[@jefferydavis4090]

GOD Bless you John Wayne!!!!! And may God Bless America and all her men & women who serve now and in the past!!!!!!

[@SunflowerChild82]

What a sweet man!

[@the.porter.productions]

Greetings from the Ohio Porters. The Duke was one of my heroes. Here in 2021 I didn’t know of this video before now. I’ve always respected JW. I’m shocked that he didn’t say more, but I’m sure he meant everything that he did say. Now to all of our Vietnam vets, I thank you for all of your sacrifices and I’m truly sorry if any of you were ever mistreated by our fellow Americans in any way! You did what you were called to do by our country and none of us can blame you for anything! Forgive us! Welcome Back! God bless YOU and God bless our COUNTRY! I would ride off into the sunset with you as well.

[@moraana582012]

I miss the Duke.

[@garrylafferty100]

I miss Santa Claus too waaaa

[@4redniwediS]

Garry Lafferty Do you have a problem with the Duke?!?

[@XxpauldadudexX]

I do have a prob with the Duke...umm, I think the Duke of Cornwall's a dick, tbh

[@artm1973]

Duke, not the Duke.

[@michaelpescatore17]

Fifty years ago tomorrow. How far we have fallen since then.

[@michaellake5269]

He shook hands. My brother shook hands with bullets. Celebrity vs soldier. No comparison.

[@66smithra]

He was in his 60s during the Vietnam war. You wanted him to serve then? He was also too old to be drafted in WW2 being in his mid 30s.

[@michaellake5269]

My point was that he couldn't totally understand. He was sincere, unlike the so-called celebrities of today.@@66smithra

[@YaddaRabbit]

John Wayne is America....

[@zjngd1]

Some of the snot noses commenting on the US are no more American than someone from a foreign country. I am 70 years old and remember well. Have any of you been to a different country and honestly see how they live. Even in England, there are no motels, when you make reservations in a hotel in London, you have to request an in room bathroom, and then it is a room the size of a closet with sink, toilet and shower in it and one drain in the floor, and you carry your toilet paper in and out to keep it from getting wet, now you go to some where even less civilized and see what you get. If you don't like this country then you need to go live in another. I'm quite sure a socialist or communistic country would be more to your liking. If you think this is a terrorist country then move to one you think is not and start voicing your opinion like you just did here and see how fast you end up in a gov. prison. You are never going to miss your freedom here in the US until you lose it and seems by the way you talk about America that you won't be happy until it's gone.

[@PhilipKerry]

Complete and utter rubbish , the flush toilet was invented by an Englishman called Thomas Crapper and England was the first country in the world with proper plumbing . We invented television , radar , the jet engine and the computer , you sir are an idiot .

[@joeseabert8391]

Philip your history is a bit mixed up, crapper didn't invent the toilet, jet engines were invented by nazis the first computer was made in the US. However, I've never been to England, but I've been to Honduras and Saudi Arabia. I can say with great confidence that what the original post said is true in both those countries. Let's also remember that it was the English and the French that are the originators of the Middle East as we know today. What a fucked job you guys did. Thanks for the 100 years of bullshit you limy bastard.

[@joeseabert8391]

Plumbing was invented by the Romans you douche. Where the fuck you learn this shit?

[@KillgoreTrout43]

zjngd1 Oh please, stop. Those with the money for better rooms and service will get better rooms and service, whether it's England, France, Moscow...etc. Sure, America provides better plumbing, but America isn't centuries as old as European countries. America is an infant on the world stage.

[@PhilipKerry]

The jet engine was invented by Sir Frank Whittle , the nazis had the first production jet fighter . Sir Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet as we know it today , where do you think the phrase " taking a crap " came from ? The first computer was built in england during WWII and was called eniac. The first analytical computer was designed by Charles Babbage in 1822 in england. Google is your friend Yank .

[@bonniescott6470]

John Wayne is my hero 👍💋

[@sparc77]

I remember the day after he died...the title of the Tokyo newspaper article (English version) read "Mr. America has died".

[@captjim007]

America needs John Wayne now more than ever.

[@danielbixel8633]

You ‘be always got Ted Nugent.

[@JiminyCricket8899]

​@@danielbixel8633Or Scott Baio😂😂

[@danielbixel8633]

Jimmy Stewart was a greater American than John Wayne.

[@captjim007]

I might buy into that. Especially with Stewart"s real combat military service. Wayne talked the talk but Stewart walked the walk. Funny how the tough talking Republican stayed home and made movies ABOUT war while the soft talking Democrat volunteered, and did, go into harms way in the Army Air Corp flying B=24's over Germany.. @@danielbixel8633

[@lastcommodore9651]

He epitomizes the American of a bygone era.

[@gazzybishop8320]

I really wish that the whole U.S. had felt the same way back then when Our Men came home!! They were spit on, called baby killers, some even changed out of their uniforms when they got stateside so they wouldn't be identified as soldiers!! Thankfully now we are giving them the thanks and the gratitude that they truly deserve, but they really needed it then!! 😔

[@XxpauldadudexX]

Wow, ppl did that to them, their own sons, brothers, dads? WTF was wrong with ppl doing disrespectful shit like that?

[@pooh44100]

I THINK AMERICA'S RECOGNITION OF VIETNAM VETS IS ABOUT 40 YRS OR SO OVERDUE. WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THE LITTLE DEGENERATES BACK THEN KNEW IT WAS THOSE YOUNG SOLDIERS PROTECTING THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH EVEN IF IT IS GARBAGE THE KIDS OF TODAY REMIND ME OF MY SELFISH GENERATION BACK THEN BUT WE RAISED THEM THAT WAY DIDN'T WE???

[@andywerner838]

I agree ..I feel ashamed even though I was born in 71...

[@leonardosarubbi5762]

Still the greatest

[@marknan5352]

Tell em , duke.

[@elvisobsessor]

good stuff!

[@pbrick6301]

God bless these men. You're sacrifices are never to be forgotten. In a communist society people are not allowed to disagree. They are shot. Thank you John Wayne for all you did.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

You are not forgotten ... 🇺🇸😔...

[@jerryboucher5622]

@@DavidLLambertmobile HEARD THE DL STANDS FOR DUMB LOSER

[@richrydell9025]

he was never a man who would not say what he did not believe in.

[@roymcnicholas4825]

I don't pretend to no much about American politics been from England but seeing this makes me want my country back and the duke makes me feel that way

[@JiminyCricket8899]

Our country fell years ago under Blair

[@johnw8984]

The U.S. ARMY AND MARINE CORPS GRUNTS HAD THE HARDEST JOBS OF ALL IN VIETNAM WAR ESPECIALLY FROM 1965-1970. IN 1968 THE U.S. HAD 16,000+ KILLED IN ACTION, 90%+ WERE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS INFANTRYMEN OR "GRUNTS", AND TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE WOUNDED. WHY DO YOU THINK THE VA HOSPITALS ARE BUSY MOST VIETNAM VETERANS ARE IN THEIR LATE 60s and early 70s now.

[@frederickjohnsen4246]

He did a great job in Vietnam shaking hands. Too bad he couldn’t shaken some during World War II.

[@probablylarsulrich5654]

He did..... He did a lot of USO and troop entertainment work during World War Two.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

God always 🙏 bless America 🇺🇸 the beautiful

[@elbrianoboesito9632]

Thank You!!!

[@Joe-rw1bb]

Actors and athletes don’t excite me but this is the one guy I’d wish led I met. And add Clint Eastwood to that short list of two men

[@elbrianoboesito9632]

Freedom!!!

[@angloaust1575]

The green berets movie never Mentioned in the opening scene When reporters were asking Questions about Eisenhower Vetoing american involvement In 1954

[@richhanlon7821]

To friends who asked about his possible enlistment, Wayne would usually say he planned on enlisting "after one or two more films." Many John Wayne fans even put out a rumor that Wayne's "mythical" college football injury, which he had gotten 14 years previously, was the reason Duke was not called up. Wayne went out of his way to have the studio cook up reasons to get him his deferment. In 1944, Wayne was re-classified as 1-a, only to have the studio get him a deferment "in support of national interest.” He was re-classified as 2-a. This was later revoked and he was classed 1-a again, but the studio interceded again and he was re-classified 2-a until the end of the war.

[@jasonm949]

John Wayne hid out when it was his time to serve. Just like Reagan.

[@billpressler5319]

Reagan was in the military during WWII.

[@jasonm949]

@@billpressler5319 Lol..hiding in Hollywood, making training films isn't being in the military.

[@drydesert8036]

Your a jealous puck that never ever served this country except your time in Prison butt bate, I hope John, Reagan and Trump continue living in your brain num nuts....

[@drydesert8036]

@@billpressler5319 All you seem to be good at is bending over to please the other jailbirds...

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@billpressler5319 Reagan never really served.

[@russellgay5337]

Joseph Stalin learned of Wayne’s popularity from Soviet filmmaker Sergei Gerasimov, who’d attended a peace conference in New York City in 1949. He worried Wayne’s prominence would pose a real threat to his mission, and it’s alleged he ordered to have the actor assassinated by the KGB. According to Michael Munn, film historian and author of John Wayne - The Man Behind The Myth, Wayne caught wind of the assassination plot, which was set to occur at his Hollywood office. When the two hitmen arrived, they were met by hidden FBI agents, who handed the pair over to Wayne and scriptwriter Jimmy Grant. It’s alleged the pair took them to the beach and staged a mock execution, after which they told the FBI to send them back to the USSR. The pair, fearing retribution back home, pleaded to remain in the US and became FBI informants.

[@-dash]

Fascinating tale, true or not.

[@magaman5010]

John Wayne for president!

[@mole389]

John we need you in these woke times.

[@UrielsJunkDrawer]

'The Duke'

[@robertodevries3738]

His manner of speaking is much better than wacky Joe Biden. Joe could learn from that.

[@craigcumpston5838]

Biden has a speech impediment. Takes courage to speak when you have this. John Wayne certainly loved his country and is missed by many.

[@vincentreynolds2127]

Green Berets.

[@turkey0165]

He was my Hero up until 1970! I was rowing my dads dingy at Seattle's Shilshow Marina, it had a broken oar lock so it was hard to row when Wayne came in motoring a little fast in a straight bow 1940's type yacht a little fast for being in the marina! Well he honk his horn a couple times and I was struggling to get out of his way when I hear him say Booming ,"GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY" which I barely was able to do, he didn't even looked at me when he passed by! I wish being a 13 year old kid I had said F/U you Wayne or something similar but kids were more respectful in those days! Still remember what he was wearing that day in 1970 or 71 ! So Wayne comming 53 years later and at 66 years Age I say go F/Y you never were a good Actor! BASTARD!! DAN DOTSON still alive!!

[@JiminyCricket8899]

He kind of played the same character in every movie lol And yes there was no need to speak to you like that, like he was a bully.

[@michaelpower4372]

I think you were jealous of John Wayne and are making this up.

[@philiphatfield5666]

I don't guess 'Hanoi' Jane Fonda could make it.

[@zarco1977]

" A great american... who did a great job in vietnam... shacking hands..."

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

Always a big fan of the Duke but I'm guessing he said these things before Nixon was exposed by Watergate.

[@markharrison2544]

The Watergate scandal was ongoing.

[@jerrywoods4066]

Hope he changed his mind on him and on reagenomicks

[@JiminyCricket8899]

​@@jerrywoods4066kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIClgneMrrSVn9ksi=FqHtx_Uwtzuq4xS9 Not sure he did

[@deanguando9950]

Not like today

[@shouldibehere]

@HeatherGlen33 How dare you call the United States of America a terrorist country. If you hate it here that much, may I suggest Iraq, or India? I hear they treat their women much better there. I agree with most of what you stated but you crossed a line calling your own country "the terrorist country".

[@danielbixel8633]

The Inited States has innocent blood on it’s hands. In one night in March of 1945, we incinerated 100,000 Japanese civilians with Napalm in Tokyo. We went on to incinerate other cities., Then the atomic bombs. These were civilians not combatants. Because we won the war nobody was prosecuted. General Curtis Lemay said that if we had lost the war, he would have been tried as a war criminal.

[@davedammann741]

J.W. a true John Birch sob.

[@jcoats150]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@milehayes888]

👍

[@angloaust1575]

Obviously a Republican and patriot He could have joined john ford on midway!

[@michaelhoughton9771]

weird question to ask but is it strange that while I am a liberal and hate the war that I still have respect for the vets, and think when they came home they deserved respect? I am sixteen btw so sorry if this weird

[@XxpauldadudexX]

No, not weird. The vets did their job and deserve so much respect for the scariest, nastiest job a human does, war. It's politicians who make wars and the decent, normal guys who have to do the fighting.

[@jessefincher]

Michael Houghton You are young, there is still time to get Right. Remember, “Liberalism is a mental disease”

[@midnightalley4586]

Mr. Wayne is probably saying to us right now " You guys really managed to screw the country up monumentally."

[@markmybirds3695]

Who is left with enough honor to address today's political prisoners when they are finally set free?

[@shmackedmuffins7948]

Shout-out to my John Wayne, never served a day but Brain wash a whole generation.

[@bjensen1351]

It's sad that you cannot appreciate the good in people. John Wayne was an amazing person. Nobody is perfect! I am sure you are not perfect.

[@steveriddle313]

I've noticed throughout KZbin in the comment section people aren't taking what's going on very serious I hope there head colds clear soon

[@josephhanley8461]

What about the Vietnam people who were killed and didn't get to come home

[@theicecavalier342]

If John is looking down to us from heaven, the lord is probably holding him back from organizing the angels and coming down here to round up all the left, and hanging em from a tall tree.

[@elliottschertzer876]

I loved his films and he had good acting chops such as The Searchers , Quiet Man and True Grit. However he was a draft dodger in WW2 . Bigger and older stars served and in combat such as Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart. Wayne was a phony and was part of the Red Scare with Senator Joseph McCarthy. I know many of you on this thread won't like my comment. but its a fact. Herbert J Yates of Republic Pictures was protecting his investment instead of looking to protect our country.

[@pooh44100]

Yes Eliot you know this for a fact because you were there and we're a close buddy right?

[@bjensen1351]

Fact?????? You should read from John Wayne himself, or people that knew him before you make judgements. Amazingly, not all information on the internet is correct.

[@elliottschertzer876]

@@bjensen1351 It’s a fact and it was first hand information from people that knew Wayne personally as well as Herbert J Yates. Wayne was always remorseful that he didn’t serve. His best friend Ward Bond didn’t either but for an good reason he was epileptic.

[@michaelpower4372]

@@elliottschertzer876 If John Wayne wasn't famous there wouldn't be one thing about it him not been in the war. Also why didn't you go to meet John wayne before his dead and tell him to his face what you wrote on here.

[@elliottschertzer876]

@@michaelpower4372 I would if I could, sorry that the truth bothers you. Like I stated in my comment 4 years ago that he had acting talent when the right director motivated him, his personal views were horrible and at best he was politically naive.

[@shouldibehere]

@HeatherGlen33 Good. I hope they come back with something useful. You dont think North Korea is worth worrying about?

[@rhaivaen]

@rhaivaen Bwahahahahahahaha, echem, funny guy

[@drchunkybiscuit9973]

All love it, except the Democrats!

[@jerrywoods4066]

Except 4 the gop

[@ChillinVillin-in7sj]

I met and spoke w/JW in the basement of the WhiteHouse:told him under no uncertain terms;You misled and are therefore responsible for thousands of my generations’ useless deaths in Vietnam,and have their blood on your hands. His response;”Well”,from his pocket,he took out a custom made (hand carved)ivory card case,handed me his personal card with direct phone number,and said ,”call me,sometime. Of course,I never did. Years later,sold his card for $100.00.🀄️

[@bogenious8474]

Dude , Jhonson got the country into Vietnam not Nixon

[@terryknutson3202]

Punch it in Google. john wayne. "Draft dodger."

[@lonmcq7317]

Very disrespectful. Sir... Do your homework before you trash Duke Wayne... Ignorant comment...

[@craigcumpston5838]

I think John Wayne was like 34 years old when we got involved in World War 2. He probably did a lot more for American moral being in movies then he would have being in the military at that age.

[@bjensen1351]

Because everything on the internet must be correct???? I think you should know better.

[@terryknutson3202]

@@bjensen1351 Look it up. David Niven, Mel Brooks (age 17) , Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Clark Cable, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, Sir Alec Guinness, Josephine Baker..... To make it worse he made money acting the hero and the "real heroes" were fighting for America, risking their lives. Charles Bronson, Charlton Heston, Audie Murphy

[@garykirby697]

Marion Moresion can shake hands with the best of them. Fight a war not so much.

[@jessefincher]

Gary Kirby It’s Morrison you ignorant liberal. Remember, Google is your friend 😉

[@timedwards5477]

Dam in 66 he was bald in Vietnam but here he got his hair back in 73

[@pooh44100]

Little Kevin church 💙 me see how he responds gee Kevin have some mommy issues?

[@kevinharvey8971]

What's wrong with wanting America to b a better country complaining is the only way to change things

[@maybebabyny]

Wayne got lucky they didn't boo him like the guys in ww2 did when he came to visit.

[@michaelpower4372]

Democrat getting your quarter cent worth in.

[@maybebabyny]

@@michaelpower4372 lol....facts hurt. Does it upset you that Wayne had a latina fetish?

[@davidsignor7931]

I always loved John Wayne as a actor but hated him for being a draft dodger

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

We fought the wrong enemy.

[@-dash]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kwIn… in WW2? Who the hell else was the enemy if not the Axis powers? Something is wrong with you if you believe Germany, Italy, or Japan ought to have won that war.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@-dash The only threat was from Communism.

[@-dash]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw _Before 1945??_ That’s insane. Communism had been settled in the U.S. after the New Deal. It wasn’t until the Soviets had developed atomic weapons until it became a threat again.

[@probablylarsulrich5654]

Be honest, if a guy who was in his mid to late 30s with children put in for a draft deferment you would have zero problem with it... But because he was a famous conservative, everyone is obsessed with his draft record. Go poke around Clinton and Biden's draft records first.

[@kanasas2]

Ahh the legendary draft dodger 😂

[@66smithra]

he was 35 years old during the WW2 draft, and applied for service to the OSS.

[@matthewm9261]

Gulf of Tonkin. these poor guys thought they were fighting for freedom.

[@juschu67]

it is always bad if you neglect reality

[@juschu67]

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[@juschu67]

Kennedy moved cautiously. He rejected a variety of proposals to send American forces and concluded that a negotiated settlement with the Soviet Union and other interested parties was the best he could achieve. A 1962 peace conference in Geneva produced a Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos and a three-part coalition government divided between pro-American, pro-Communist and neutral factions. From Washington's standpoint, the arrangement was flimsy, but it was the best of unattractive options. Soon after the accord was reached, civil war resumed. Those 35000 thousand NVA troops shortly after signing the geneva treaty pooring into laos did not exactly match the conclusion of the geneva negotiations be aware about a second view into a conflict from a neutral point of view you have to see the Tonkin incident in the context or you are not honest about history

[@-dash]

@@juschu67Kennedy wasn’t the problem. The problem was Johnson- in more ways than just Vietnam…

[@janborrowitz]

Instead of sending 18-19 yrs children, Americans should have sent 25-30 yrs-old soldiers to Vietnam

[@angloaust1575]

Elvis a reservist could have gone there!

[@JiminyCricket8899]

​​@@jacobhenry8636Better alive and a coward surely? We must always see through the lies of politicans, what was it 58,000 americans dead, for what?what was acheived? I wonder if it was your own life on the line if you would have such a big mouth Or maybe you just watch too many John Wayne shoot em up movies. Sending troops in to other countries NEVER goes well.

[@MegaJohny56]

Back when this and back when that. Back then the people were spitting at soldiers on their return, now they even bump them to first class and shake their hands and give thanks. there are some things back then that are better than today and some things that are better today. for all wanes acting, Lord knows he could have served in ww2 BUT HE DIDNT so his wooden postulations and thank you don't mean a thing in my book gimme a Rob Riggle any day

[@richhanlon7821]

John Wayne avoided service in WW2. Some patriot

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

You are wrong! He tried to join but was rejected due to a football injury and at another time, told he was too tall. There are many stories out there that denigrate John Wayne, most of them exude jealousy; people have a penchant for writing whatever will seem sensational and make them money through titillating the reader! Still do, the media people have a motto: "If it bleeds, it leads" and the bloodier and more gory the better, especially if there is any sex involved! People love what they can gasp at! Face it, sensationalism sells, simple as that! Few reporters care whether or not what they say is really true! They are only interested in the ratings they get!

[@edmonddantes3640]

You ever serve in the military, Rich?

[@FoylesWhore]

Wonder what Wayne would think of this quote by our current draft dodging president? “He’s not a war hero,” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” When Trump is finally convicted his 5 1/2 year sentence should he served in a hut in Vietnam.

[@karlwills3549]

mccain is despised by the families of vietnam pow's & mia's, im sure the duke would have agreed with trump

[@rustyshadow7]

karl wills Agreed, Mccain loved himself more than he loved America, evidenced by his final act of treason regarding obummer care.

[@carvinlambert6899]

Wayne never liked the late Senator John McCain !!... Never.

[@RetroFan]

Go away troll, the draft is unconstitutional.

[@bogenious8474]

Then there is clinton and biden who sucked up at the government trough for a life time AND dodged the draft no medical reason with them

[@bandwagon22]

John Wayne should have been sent to fierce vicious battles of eastern front during WW2. E.g to Rhzev or Demjansk.

[@KillgoreTrout43]

bandwagon22 Why would an American soldier be asked to fight for Stalin? Putz.

[@jessefincher]

David Fahey. bandwagon22 must be an ignorant liberal with a CommonCore education 😉

[@rhaivaen]

@ArmandoG2013 Really funny, but not realistic, you live in a fantasy world dude.

[@kevinchurch5934]

John Wayne avoided service in ww2, while he made movies telling lies about jews being turned into soap

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

You believe the blarney you read from the leftist rags! You have no idea about JW! (I knew him and was on his boat more than once, Once I went down there when he hosted the "Young Republicans of America" on his boat, the "Wild Goose" and was invited there several times up until his death.) He tried to enlist in WWII but was rejected. But he gave thousands of dollars to some causes of our military and rarely missed a chance to join them and tell them of our appreciation for what they did and do for our country. A true American, and doesn't deserve the kind of trash you're talking! FYI, kevin, actors sometimes play the roles of characters they don't always like! Acting is a job of pretend, and you do what the role requires if you like the script enough (AND, sometimes, if you expect to work again)!

[@kevinchurch5934]

@@MJLeger-yj1ww You were hanging out on his boat during the era? Now you're what, an 85-95 year old hanging out on youtube? LOL No not likely, more like a kid whose ass is hurt because my comments about his hero are offensive to him. You didn't happen to ask your hero why he made propaganda movies with Kirk Douglas claiming that the Germans were turning people into soap did you? Propaganda like that has the USA in wars where American GIs get killed on lies. He's no patriot he served the establishment left of Hollywood pushing whatever lies they wanted him to.Get a brain, stop jerking off to liberal actors who pose as patriots and lead idiots like you around like their pet dog.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

@@kevinchurch5934 You need to learn math, but you couldn't hurt anyone if you tried, because you just don't count! Take your inane bloviation where someone cares!

[@pooh44100]

KEVIN YOUR MOMMY IS CALLING YOU FORGOT YOUR MEDS AGAIN..

[@pooh44100]

@@kevinchurch5934 Kevin is jealous because his life consists mainly of living in mommy's basement no job no looks no brain no personality no friends no girl no life just mommy.