All these years, come and gone,
Too many since we lost Big John.
No other gave so much to me,
Or made me be what now I be.
A sense of honor, sense of right,
Sense to know you sometimes fight,
To face the odds, accept the pain,
Lessons I learned from John Wayne.
Hey, Big John, rest in peace; some still your lessons heed;
The warriors fighting for us all, uphold the John Wayne creed.
Happy Birthday,
Russ Vaughn
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