34 Facts About John Rambo

1. John Rambo inspired the character named Yousef Rambu from currently developed Kuwaiti action movie Second Blood.

2. John Rambo has become the quintessential representation of America during the Reagan years.

3. John Rambo is seen walking along an Arizona highway until he sees a horse farm and a rusted mailbox.

4. John Rambo refuses, having lost all faith in humanity at this point, but he is convinced by Sarah Miller to take them.

5. John Rambo makes a living capturing snakes and selling them in a nearby village.

6. John Rambo survives the explosion and gets out of the tank.

7. The film ends as John Rambo walks off into the distance while his mentor watches him.

8. John Rambo gains control of the helicopter and flies it back to the POW camp to rescue the remaining POWs.

9. When John Rambo calls for extraction, he is denied, as Murdock fears what will happen to him and his party if the American public learn about Murdock's activities.

10. John Rambo is then told that an agent of the US government will be there to receive him in the jungles of Vietnam.

11. John Rambo tells Rambo that he is only to photograph the POWs and not to rescue them, nor is he to engage any enemy soldiers.

12. John Rambo tells Trautman how they were in a bar, talking about his friend's Chevy and driving to Las Vegas in it, when a boy came in with a booby-trapped shoeshine box.

13. John Rambo shoots back at Teasle through the ceiling, critically injuring him.

14. John Rambo takes out the police station's power before making his way inside.

15. John Rambo spots Teasle on the station roof after destroying a gun shop and makes his way to the police station.

16. John Rambo blocks the highway to anyone in pursuit, by igniting the spilled fuel.

17. John Rambo is eventually cornered by the National Guard in a mine entrance where he is hiding.

18. John Rambo tells Teasle to "Let it go" and give up his pursuit.

19. John Rambo says he wants no more trouble, and begins to back away, but the men open fire; Rambo flees into the woods, with Teasle and his deputies in pursuit.

20. John Rambo takes Galt's gun, tends his injuries, and eventually confronts the lawmen on the cliff above.

21. John Rambo realizes that he is the last surviving member of his Special Forces unit.

22. John Rambo goes to Barry's home but is told by his mother that he died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure.

23. John Rambo dies satisfied that he has come to a fitting end.

24. John Rambo flees, steals a motorcycle, and hides in the nearby mountains.

25. John Rambo is picked up by Sheriff Teasle and dropped off at the city limits.

26. John Rambo finally received his official military discharge on September 17, 1974.

27. John Rambo became part of a Special Forces Long-range reconnaissance patrol unit commanded by Colonel Trautman.

28. In late 1969, John Rambo was re-deployed to Vietnam as member of a SOG brigade.

29. John Rambo enlisted in the US Army at the age of 19 on August 6, 1964, although he states in Rambo IV he was "drafted into Vietnam.

30. John Rambo was born on July 6, 1947 in Bowie, Arizona, to an Italian father and a Navajo mother Marie Drago.

31. John Rambo is an expert in guerrilla tactics, weapons, and hand-to-hand combat.

32. John Rambo is an expert in surviving in dense forests against a large number of enemies due to his experiences in the Vietnam War.

33. John Rambo has a high amount of strength and stamina.

34. The name John Rambo was likely derived from a shortened form of Ramberget plus "bo" (meaning "resident of").