John Wayne is a true American icon. It simply doesn’t get more Americana than this tall, gun-slinging, communist-hating patriot. Here are some little known facts about The Duke, John Wayne.

Strict noise regulations make the airport dangerous to fly in and out of, a former airline pilot told Newsweek.

Chisum was John Wayne's first movie of the 1970s, the Western legend's final decade. Having had a cancerous lung removed a few years earlier, Duke had to rely on an oxygen mask and hide his ...

"The Green Berets," starring John Wayne, encountered scathing reviews upon its release in 1968. The rare movie supporting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War at the time was ...