Watching The Flying Leathernecks With John Wayne
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
January 1, 2017 11:45am CST
The Flying Leathernecks is one of the most intense of John Wayne's WWII movies, IMHO. It also uses a lot of actual archival footage shot by combat camera crews during the war to lend realism to the scenes.
This is a continuation of our John Wayne's New Years Marathon.
While these John Wayne movies may be old, my son and I enjoy watching these oldies but goodies better than most of the modern television out there.
How are you spending New Year's Day?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jan 17
That's a great one! Directed by Nicholas Ray who would later do Rebel Without a Cause.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
1 Jan 17
John Wayne made many films during the war in support of the troops and many after to honor what they'd done. He wanted to go to the Naval Academy and fight in the war, but because he was deaf in one ear was unable to serve in the military.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 17
There was a John Wayne-fest over here too - my husband enjoyed them, but I only kept half an eye on them as I was on the computer. They all seemed to be cowboy ones though.
We've both been lazy today and haven't set foot outside the house.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Jan 17
The Flying Leathernecks is probably my favorite John Wayne movie. Well, it's hard to pick, really, since he had so many great movies, but this movie is definitely at the top of my list since I'm a big fan of WWII movies. I hope you and your son enjoyed watching the movie and spending time together!
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