Art says; "John Wayning" had several connotations in the Army. Wearing your helmet without the chin strap done up, running with rifle in one hand & th

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

Art posted that quote down on the C rations post, but I thought it makes a good point on exactly what "John Wayning" or pulling a "John Wayne" really is. In a nutshell, pulling a John Wayne is usually doing things the wrong way. Trying to be cool, but in actuality, ending up getting yourself hurt or killed. Its like the Bubba mentality of "Hey y'all, watch this!" So even among the die hard John Wayne fans there is that subconscious realization that although John Wayne may do "manly" stuff in the movies, it is considered very unpractical in real life situations to pull a "John Wayne". Anyone who who tries to plow through life with pig-headed stubbornness will have a hard row to hoe. The Prison system and grave yards are full of "John Wayners".

His movies may be "entertaining" in a chauvinistic kind of way but please... don't try this stuff at home.

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He was on a bird (helicoptor) with the 101 Airborn coming into a hot L.Z. He had stepped onto the runner with one hand on the door and one on his m-60 as they neared the ground. A nva mortar went off just as they were about to touch down and the bird jumped up about 20 feet into the air depositing John on the ground as he fell off the runner. He landed face down with full pack and the bird came bsck in and landed briefly on his pack while the rest of his team jumped out on him and ran for cover. He had the wind knocked out of him and lay there for a while with those pretty green tracers zipping by until he could crawl to a better position. He called this pulling a John Wayne.

Is that what you mean?

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

Murphy was the most decorated American soldier of WWII. He went on later to star in a movie playing himself "To Hell And Back". During the war he was given a "battle field" commission as 2nd Lieutenant, was wounded three times, fought in 9 major campaigns across the European Theater, and survived the war earning the Congressional Medal of Honor and just about ever other medal under it, plus 5 foreign metals.

I always liked Audie Murphy, and enjoyed his movies. Even though he wasn't a dynamic actor, or oozing with charisma, he did have a quiet presence about him that was evident even in his movies. While making westerns or war movies there was a sense of reluctance when he had to resort to violence and did he so only because he had to no choice.

Audie Murphy was an extraordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstance and he did what few would have done.
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