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 ...