Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a time when the war had become one of the most divisive issues in the United States, Wayne took a firmly supportive position.

For decades, John Wayne looked untouchable at the box office—until the late 1960s brought cultural change. In 1968, he co directed The Green Berets, a Vietnam War film that follows United States Army ...

John Wayne's Colonel Mike Kirby is seen in closeup as he stands in a field in The Green Berets - Warner Bros. In 1968, John Wayne made one of his worst movies with "The Green Berets." This jingoistic ...

John Wayne nearly starred in the World War II classic, but one part of the script convinced the Western legend to walk away ...