Wayne hoped to drum up support for the Vietnam War.

John Wayne has been in some of the greatest films of all time. Films like The Searchers and Rio Bravo turned Wayne into a star. Capitalizing on his fame, Wayne chose to make his own film.

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 ...

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