My wife and I just finished watching Wings of Eagles for the first time. We enjoyed it...even though it is kind of a tragic story...but the question that is left unanswered at the end is...does Wayne leave the Navy to go back to live out his days with his wife (and would she have him), or does he live out his live alone.

This was based on a true story, so maybe someone knows the answer...

Thanks,

GSP

I have watched this movie many times and really like it. I get the impression (no way to know if it's true or not) that it wasn't meant to be between them. Everytime things were going good, something happened. It would be interesting to know what really did happen. There should be an autobiography available on Wead.

Hi,
I was watching Wings of Eagles this weekend too! It made my day that they were having a John Wayne day! I was thinking the same thing too about them getting back together. I think they did, because Maurren O' Hara, said, when the news came over the radio, about Pearl Harbor, "If the Navy wont have you Spig I will!"
I would like to see a biography of Spig though, it would be really interesting! I really like that movie, even though it is tragic, I love the fight he gives, for walking again! What a hero!


Stacy

Yeah…it was just tough for my wife and I to watch it right after having seen The Quiet Man. It seems that in Wings of Eagles, Wayne and O’Hara pick up where they left off, and then to see their relationship disintegrate like that. I wouldn’t have felt the film such a tragedy, say if Wayne’s wife was Angie Dickenson (Rio Bravo), then I would have said he was better off with the Navy anyway…

GSP

My wife thought it was particularly tragic that he would shut out his wife and family at such a time in his life. She told me that I better not try that if such a thing happened to me, because she'd be marching into that room and looking me in the eye, and reminding me of our wedding vows, especially that part about "in SICKNESS and health".

How sad that he never saw his daughters again, except in pictures. He was a heroic man, and certainly an example of perseverance, and it is a shame his wife and daughters couldn't share in his triumph. That is what family is for, isn't it?

Chester

mrs chester,

you are so right but as well as reminding him of his vows also clonk :headbonk: him one for shutting you and the littlens out :) .
as you say chester he did miss out on a lot by not sharing his success with his family

cheers smokey

Heres a question and I didnt want to start a new topic for it.

What is Dukes second last line in "3 Godfathers" when talking to this lady about a cake, the word hacksaw is mentioned, I listened to it a couple of times but couldn't make it out.

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