Green beret (disambiguation)
The green beret was the headgear of the British Commandos of World War II.
Green Berets may also refer to:
The Green Berets (film)
The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film set in Vietnam featuring John Wayne, Jim Hutton, David Janssen, Aldo Ray, Patrick Wayne, and Jack Soo, based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore.
Much of the film was shot in the summer of 1967.
Parts of the screenplay bear little relation to the novel, although the portion in which a woman seduces a North Vietnamese communist general and sets him up to be kidnapped by Americans is from the book.
"The Green Berets" is strongly anti-communist and pro-Saigon.
It was released at the height of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the same year as the Tet Offensive against the largest cities in South Vietnam.
John Wayne was so concerned by the anti-war sentiment in the United States, he wanted to make this film to present the pro-military position.
He requested and obtained full military cooperation and materiel from 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson and the United States Department of Defense.
John Wayne bought out Robin Moore out for $35,000 and 5% of undefined profits of the film.
The film was a critical failure, but succeeded financially.
Green Berets (Bosnian paramilitary)
Zelene beretke( English," Green Berets") was a paramilitary organization founded in Sarajevo in early 1992.
They were founded by demobilized soldiers and conscripts from the Yugoslav National Army( JNA) who were mostly ethnic Bosniaks and supporters of Bosnian regular gouverment.
They were integrated into a newly founded Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the second half of 1992.
The Green Berets as a gear of choice and name was selected both as a reference to United States Army Special Forces( although no actual relation existed) and as a common colour brand of the predominant ethnic group that composed the unit, namely Bosniaks.
Bosnian Green Berets were mostly active during the war in the early part of 1992 in northern and central Bosnia.
Robin Moore
Robert Lowell" Robin" Moore, Jr.( October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008) was an American writer who wrote" The Green Berets The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy" and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy," The Happy Hooker: My Own Story".
Moore also co-authored the lyrics for the" Ballad of the Green Berets", which was one of the major hit songs of 1966.
The song was also featured in the 1968 film" The Green Berets", based on Moore's book which starred John Wayne.
A new edition of" The Green Berets" was published in April 2007 and his last book," Wars of the Green Berets", co-authored with Col. Mike' Doc' Lennon, was released in June 2007.
At the time of his death, Moore was residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky( home to Fort Campbell and the 5th Special Forces Group) where he was working on his memoirs as well as three other books.
Ballad of the Green Berets
" The Ballad of the Green Berets" is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the United States Army Special Forces.
It is one of the few popular songs of the Vietnam
War years to cast the military in a positive light and in 1966 became a major hit, reaching No. 1 for five weeks on the" Billboard" Hot 100 and four weeks on Cashbox.
It was also a crossover smash, reaching No. 1 on" Billboard's" Easy Listening chart and No. 2 on" Billboard's" Country survey.
Ultimately, the song was named Billboard's# 1 single for the year 1966 in a revised end- of- the- year chart, but the original chart showed" California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas at# 1 and" Ballad of the Green Berets" at# 10.
The two songs tied for# 1 on the Cashbox end- of- the- year survey for 1966.
The song was written by then Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, beginning when he was training to be a Special Forces medic.
The author Robin Moore, who wrote the book," The Green Berets", helped Sadler write the lyrics and get a recording contract with RCA Records.
The lyrics were written, in part, in honor of U.S. Army Specialist 5 James Gabriel, Jr., a Special Forces operator and the first native Hawaiian to die in Vietnam, who was killed by Viet Cong gunfire while on a training mission with the South Vietnamese Army on April 8, 1962.
One verse mentioned Gabriel by name, but it was not used in the recorded version.
Sadler recorded the song and eleven other tunes in New York in December 1965.
The song and album," Ballads of the Green Berets," were released in January 1966.
He performed the song on television on January 30, 1966 on" The Ed Sullivan Show", and on other TV shows including" Hollywood Palace" and" The Jimmy Dean Show".
Olly Olly Oxen Free (film)
Olly Olly Oxen Free( also known as The Great Balloon Adventure or The Great Balloon Race) is a 1978 American family adventure film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring Katharine Hepburn.
The screenplay by Eugene Poinc is based on a story by Poinc, Colla, and Maria L. de Ossio.
The title is derived from" Olly olly oxen free" a phrase used in children's games to indicate that those in hiding came out into the open safely and freely.
Annabella's Adventure
Annabella's Adventure or The Adventure of Annabella( Italian:L'avventura di Annabella) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Leo Menardi and starring Fioretta Dolfi, Maurizio D'Ancora and Paola Borboni.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.
Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film
The Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film( formerly Saturn Award for Best Action, Adventure or Thriller Film from 1994 to 2010) is an award presented to the best film in the action, adventure or thriller genres by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
The First Adventure
The First Adventure( Spanish: La primera aventura) is a 1965 Mexican- Spanish adventure film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring José Calvo, Nino Del Arco and Pedro Mari Sánchez.
The Green Berets (book)
The Green Berets is a book written by Robin Moore about the Green Berets during the Vietnam War.
First published in 1965, it became a best- selling paperback in 1966.
The latest edition was published in 2016.

Question: Which film came out first, The First Adventure or The Green Berets (Film)?
Answer: The First Adventure