SunnySlopes
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I'd always heard he was a draft dodger and that's why he didn't serve.
Years ago I did considerable research on John Wayne and why he didn't serve. He didn't dodge the draft, but he didn't try to join, other than what appeared to be a half-hearted attempt to join the military film corps. He had a deferment, but the selective service later reclassified him as 1A, but then his studio pulled some strings and got his deferment back.
Nobody knows why Wayne didn't want to serve. But I figure it was because he had several dependant children, plus his career was taking off.
Many Hollywood pundits figured that Wayne's superpatriotism was because he didn't serve.