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To: stm

The two main ones I think you forgot are Ronald Reagan and John Wayne (though he never served).


11 posted on 09/01/2006 6:23:00 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

Are you kidding? John Wayne served in all 4 branches of the Service, from enlisted to flag rank! :-)


13 posted on 09/01/2006 6:27:07 PM PDT by stm (Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence)
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To: wagglebee
The two main ones I think you forgot are Ronald Reagan and John Wayne (though he never served).

Re: John Wayne, you gotta give him credit for doing the greatest impression of having served. If you asked the man on the street, I bet he would think that John Wayne served from WWII to Vietnam.

37 posted on 09/01/2006 7:13:10 PM PDT by OldPossum
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John Ford (Rear Admiral, USNRV) was so upset with his friend John Wayne's refusal to serve in WW11, that in the original credits for "They were Expendable"(1945), all the actors were titled with their actual active duty military rank. The notable exception, John Wayne..
51 posted on 09/01/2006 7:42:08 PM PDT by ChEng (ay)
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