Welcome, New Members!

[chester7777]

On behalf of the message board's creator and administrator, Kevin, and the other moderators (arthurarnell, Hondo Duke Lane, LibertyV, and REASR), I would like to extend a warm welcome to all newly registered members of The John Wayne Message Board. You have become part of a largely warm, friendly community of fans of one of most beloved actors of all time, the Duke, John Wayne! You will find this message board to be highly informative and often a fun place to hang out with fellow fans. We draw our members from around the world - mostly the United States, but also Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Poland, the beautiful "land down under" Australia, . . . I know there are others, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head . . . .

We created the Newbie Forum as a place where you might have some of your questions answered, that seem to arise mostly for new members to the forum.

Can't figure out how to do some things? Ask here. More seasoned members will likely jump right in to assist.

Check out some of the topics in this forum. They have been specifically placed here, because they represent some of the most frequently asked questions by new members (like "In how many movies has the Duke's character died?").

There are some other topics, like How Do You Become a JW Fan? and Fan Geography, that give you an opportunity to get to know some of our members a little better, and let us know you a little better, if you will post there.

So have fun, and we hope you'll join in the many conversations that take place here. Don't be afraid to go back a few pages in the forums and discover some long forgotten discourses, and add your thoughts.

Chester

[The Ringo Kid]

Hi, I just found and immediately joined this site. I think it is one fantastic site and liked it at first glance. I am a 37 year old and life-long John Wayne fan and I hope to get to know more John Wayne fans.

Best regards: The Ringo Kid.

PS, in case you do not know my real name--please just send me a PM or an email. Or you can wait till I admit it here in the future.

[thewsca]

Welcome.I'm 39 and only joined a couple of weeks ago.Great stuff.Enjoying the site.

[chester7777]

Welcome to the best John Wayne website on the net, mmiller563, and thewsca,
Hope you will continue to enjoy this board, an' keep on posting ! !

Chester and the Mrs

[Hondo Duke Lane]

Ringo Kid,

I want to welcome you to this great site, and I am just glad to see that you found us. :) I hope you will visit frequently and have a great time. ;) Just don't be shy. We won't bite.

Cheers B)

[The Ringo Kid]

Yah Tah Hay Hondo, thank you for the nice welcoming. You can bet your boots I will be a frequent visitor to this fine site.

By the way, I want to give you greetings in the Cherokee Language which is: O SI YO.

Best regards TRK.

[chester7777]

Hey, Ringo Kid!

I've been away for a few days and the Mrs. has been pretty busy with kid activities, so this is our first opportunity to welcome you to the John Wayne Message Board, the best of its kind this side of dot com!

We're real glad you found us, and it looks like you've jumped in with both feet! We look forward to getting to know you better as we catch up on our reading this evening.

Again, WELCOME!! :D

Chester and the Mrs.

[The Ringo Kid]

Hello Chester & the Mrs, thank you for the warm greetings and I do look forward to contributing here as often as possible.

Heh heh, you can also say that I came in with both guns blazing as well. :) I am known on historical and collectors forums. On ww2n I had almost 14,000 posts, on two other collectors sites I had appx 7,000 total, adn now I am on four other sites with a grand total of about 1,000 posts. Im no longer active on the first few sites because of time restrictions but, I do like it here and do wish to share what little I can on our favorite person, The Duke.

I have a few production stills that have him in them that I want to share here but have no way in doing so. The stills are from the following movies:

1) The Flying Tigers - which shows him standing next to his P-40 Warhawk Fighter with his Chinese crewchief. They are pointing to the bullet-holes in his craft.

2) Fort Apache - This is a shot of very near the end of the movie before Henry Fonda and the rest are wiped out. They are in that little depression in the ground and are waiting for the Apaches to attack.

I find it funny that this production still actually shows a big error in it. The error is that John Wayne (Captain York) is there with them at the last--when he was not. It is a great photo anyway. You can make out all the characters liks Victor McLaglen, The Duke, Henry Fonda, Pedro Armendariez and the rest.

Thank you kind sir and maam. Best regards- TRK.

[Cole Thornton]

I joined and posted at the John Wayne Message Board several months ago, but haven't visited in awhile. I got an email stating that someone had responded to a thread I subscribed to and it brought me back into a big Duke mood! So thanks Ringo Kid for jump starting that old thread, and welcome! I have recently read many old threads and have enjoyed them quite a bit. I've already had a formal introduction back in March, but I would like to say hello to everyone here again and I look forward to everyone's contributions to the board.

[The Ringo Kid]

Hello Cole, your quite welcome and glad to "meet" you here. I make it a habit that when I find a forum, that I check as many older topics as possible. It really helps me get the hang of the site faster.

Best regards--TRK.

[larrybusch]

Howdy to all John Wayne fans, I just joined the site today, and was glad that I found it. Use to chat JW on another great board, which disappeared two three years ago
I'm an old JW fan(40 winters), and have been member of the JOHN WAYNE FILM SOCIETY in Englang for 10 years. Have a look on this one> http://www.filmcutts.com<, and see have we in Europe are crazy about The Duke.
looking forward to chat
Larry

[itdo]

Hi Larry
good to have you here, just received the latest issue of the Society in England, couple good articles in that one, so I guess we can recommend becoming a member.

[popper]

I have been a member for a while ,but I have not posted on the board before.I first remember seeing JW in RIO BRAVO .I WAS HOOKED.He was everything I wanted to be .Never forget how entertaining his movies were.He is missed.

[arthurarnell]

Hi Popper

Don't be put off we don't eat you. Wellcome to the site

Just set a spell and when you feel that you wan't to say somthing just go ahead, we all had to star somewhere, and you've just made your first start.


Regards

Arthur

[Wayne001]

Hello to all the John Wayne fans out there. I very greatful that I stumbled on to this very site. I also proud to be a member community webpage on John Wayne a true hero that hardly any other actor could match. John Wayne would be honored by this website. So many websites are dedicated to actors who have no morals and stand for complete evil which John Wayne stood against. John Wayne is the best that there is. Thank God for John Wayne:teeth_smile: