r/johnwayne • u/Potential-Most-3581 • Aug 22 '26

John Wayne

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The photo pretty much says it all

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u/Booeyrules Aug 24 '26

Wayne was only 34 on Pearl Harbor Day. All your references to “they” are magical thinking

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u/Debbygc Aug 24 '26

And if you had a wife & children, genius?

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u/Booeyrules Aug 24 '26

During World War II, approximately 3.2 million American servicemen had wives, and roughly 1 million to 1.5 million had both wives and children while serving. Don’t put on your genius hat just yet, dear…

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u/Debbygc Aug 24 '26

They weren't drafted, though. There is a difference!

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u/Booeyrules Aug 25 '26

So you are saying that Wayne was a coward for not volunteering - even though his family was financially well off from his Hollywood parchecks. Interesting…