CBS News: John Wayne visits Harvard (1974)

[hadrons]

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dINMVPRA3DY   Posted on YouTube: September 28, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 28, 2009 By DU Member: hadrons Views on DU: 1498

 
John Wayne gets roasted by the Harvard Lampoon

[Turbineguy]

1. Now it seems like

an age of innocence.

[cliffordu]

2. John wayne was a punk. He refused to meet with the

VietNam Veterans against the war at the Repub National Convention in 1968

[keepCAblue]

3. I believe he was also a member of the John Birch Society

back in the 60s...during which time the JBS was uber conservative and quite notoriously known for its racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic policies. Yup, that John Wayne was an American, through and through.

[Toucano]

4. Funny that he's referred to as an "old war horse" yet never served.

The long-standing Republican tradition of combat evading war hawks runs deep.

[IrateCitizen]

6. I remember reading about him being chased off a stage during the Korean War

He came over on a USO visit and the Marines there literally chased him away. Several of them said that it was the portrayal of war as a glorious enterprise in his films that encouraged them to sign up -- and then they found out what it really was in Korea.

[stevedeshazer]

5. That was awesome.

Thanks for posting it.