To: SeekAndFind
I read about this more than 10 years ago, no one gave it much credence back then....
I think I remember most accounts had Bowie bayonetted in bed, Disney had him using 2 pistols and 2 knives first.
8 posted on
08/16/2011 6:09:21 PM PDT by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: treetopsandroofs
Myth or reality? Actor John Wayne, left, as Davy Crockett in the 1960 classic western The Alamo. A new book has cast doubt on the legend of the fort's heroic defense
To: treetopsandroofs
"I read about this more than 10 years ago, no one gave it much credence back then...." I thought the same thing. I always wondered how the mexicans would have known or cared who the heck Davy Crockett was in the first place.
25 posted on
08/16/2011 6:24:41 PM PDT by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
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