One might assume John Wayne and William F. Cody had little in common besides their Iowa origins and international fame as actors.
Unlike Cody, Wayne had not, in reality, performed any of the heroic deeds he acted out on the silver screen. He avoided military service in WWII, while many other actors volunteered; Audie Murphy, the most decorat
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