People: Jun. 24, 1966

The Viet Cong were playing the Apaches this time, but Actor John Wayne, 59, saw very little action as he lumbered around South Viet Nam working on a Defense Department documentary that he is narrating to explain the U.S. commitment in Southeast Asia. The Duke saw plenty of the troopers, though. "I'm going around the hinterlands to give the boys something to break the monotony," he monotoned. Big John's visit was also a change of pace for the Saigon kids who'd seen some of his horse operas in dubbed versions. They ran after him whooping, "Hey, you! Numbah One Cowboy!"

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