When this episode aired many years ago, It stood out to me. I saw how sometimes friendship transcends everything, and the racism and bigotry that exist in the world. I grew up in a time when race was a big issue, and how blacks were treated. In the end John goes all the way to President Roosevelt to secure a pardon for Harley. Then the sadness at the end, when the President dies, and it's revealed that granting Harley's pardon was the very last act he carried out. Then the whole family travels to Charlottesville to see the presidential funeral train as it passes through on its way to Washington D.C. This shows the true effect Roosevelt's death had on the country. This two part episode will forever be one of my favorite episodes.
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Not realistic
jimmyg-1779030 October 2019
I have found these episodes where the Walton boys enter the military, to say the least, rather unrealistic. I never watched these when they first aired on TV. I was serving a career in the U.S. Navy. John-boy is supposed to be a reporter for Stars & Stripes yet he shows up wearing Sargent First class stripes. Jason joins the Army and walks around with long hair as does Ben when he joins the Navy Seabees. This would never happen. First, reporters were never ranked. Second, neither the Army or Navy would allow the long hair. Hollywood I guess, and that's what makes these unbelievable. John, going to see the President, is also not believable. Never happen.
Hope you brought enough for everybody...........
snitzell27 June 2022
What decent soldier would make out with a woman in front of guys who have no woman available?? Doesn't say much for her character to say the least.
They should have killed off John Boy. He wasn't all that back on the mountain...he's surely not the greatest war reporter who ever lived.
They should have killed off John Boy. He wasn't all that back on the mountain...he's surely not the greatest war reporter who ever lived.
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