True Grit

[coyote101]

Ok this is a little off topic, but since we're talking about John Wayne I'll add this. All John Wayne fans know and love the movie "The Green Berets". This is my connection to the movie:



The guy on the right in the photo is me. The sun washed out my face a little and gave the appearance of me being heavier than I really was!  The gentleman on the left is Robin Moore. Mr. Moore wrote the book "The French Connection", but more important to this thread, he wrote "The Green Berets" and co-wrote the lyrics to the song "The Ballad of the Green Berets". He lived in Hopkinsville the last couple years of his life and I had the honor of meeting him several times. This picture was taken at the VFW in 2007.

Pat

[HaMeR]

That's cool Pat. 

[weedwalker]

Sounds like an interesting man to meet.
And Pat, you might not want to spend so much time in the sun.

[possumal]

Hey Bop, did you leave out Sam Elliott on purpose?  His role in "The Sacketts" really added a lot to that movie.  When he caught that feller who intended on stealing his gold, and dry shaved him with his own Arkansas Toothpick on the bar and then poured whiskey on for after shave, that was classic stuff, IMO. 

[KySongDog]

Hey Pat

That is really cool.  I bet Mr. Moore had some great stories to tell that never made it to print.   

[JohnP]

Pat, I too had the honor to meet Mr. Moore.  He spent an awful lot of time at Fort Bragg gathering background for his books.  On several occasions we meet him at the "O" club for happy hour. 

[vvarmitr]

  When he caught that feller who intended on stealing his gold, and dry shaved him with his own Arkansas Toothpick on the bar and then poured whiskey on for after shave, that was classic stuff, IMO. 

I loved that part too! 

[kyfuzzyface]

After reading this post, me and the little woman went out and ate and watched it last night, Enjoyed it but there will never be another John Wayne
First time we went to the movies since the remake of Dukes of Hazards

[alscalls]

Way cool Pat! 

[NASA]

I saw it last night.  Not better than the original, only different.  Technical notes:  A snake WILL crawl over a hair rope; No snakes are out and about when snow flies, ESPECIALLY at night when temps are lowest; Hibernating snakes do not "spring to life" (and bite) when disturbed, they require a constant heat source to raise their body temperature to bring them out of this immobilized state, usually 6-8 hours.  There were a few other things, but I'm not going to pick the movie apart.  Just not worth $15, should have waited for the rental to come out.

[pitw]

A snake WILL crawl over a hair rope; No snakes are out and about when snow flies, ESPECIALLY at night when temps are lowest; Hibernating snakes do not "spring to life" (and bite) when disturbed, they require a constant heat source to raise their body temperature to bring them out of this immobilized state, usually 6-8 hours.  There were a few other things,

   Sure don't need anything more to keep me from watching it .

[Bopeye]

This is way too cool Pat. What an honor it must've been to meet that gentleman. Very nice indeed. 

Ok this is a little off topic, but since we're talking about John Wayne I'll add this. All John Wayne fans know and love the movie "The Green Berets". This is my connection to the movie:



The guy on the right in the photo is me. The sun washed out my face a little and gave the appearance of me being heavier than I really was!  The gentleman on the left is Robin Moore. Mr. Moore wrote the book "The French Connection", but more important to this thread, he wrote "The Green Berets" and co-wrote the lyrics to the song "The Ballad of the Green Berets". He lived in Hopkinsville the last couple years of his life and I had the honor of meeting him several times. This picture was taken at the VFW in 2007.

Pat