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Proof please. Wayne was a B-minus actor with a second class studio in 1942. He was nowhere near as popular as Gable, Power, Fonda or Stewart, all of whom served. Wayne's star rose during the war while these others were overseas. His real star power built on that and grew in the fifties.
Some people refuse to believe he was an “actor.”
This was discussed on TMC, which they said that Wayne had an old football injury for one, and that the Military believed his Movies would boost morale, and even had Wayne make some Military shorts (not movies), which TMC ran a few brief clips.. now if that was all bull I don’t know.. I choose to believe it, if you think it’s important to prove otherwise go do your own research.