In this patriotic essay, John Wayne recites a beautiful poetic piece written by another actor, and poet, John Mitchum. John Mitchum is the younger brother of Robert Mitchum. In his youth, with his brother, Robert, he traveled across America as a hobo and these adventures may be where his inspiration for this piece came from. You may better remember John Mitchum as Clint Eastwood’s sidekick Detective DeGeorgio in the Dirty Harry film series, and again in The Outlaw Josey Wales. He co-starred with John Wayne in Chisum and El Dorado, and I believe he was also in the TV series F-Troop.
P.S. They tell me I was named after John Wayne… but without the “h” in John.
Nice… nobody does stuff like that anymore. Everybody everywhere hates everything now. I’ll bet that was written before the 1980s. Probably from ’50’s.
I love America because it’s the birthplace of John Wayne!
John Wayne was a real American Hero