During Christmas of 1971, I was stationed in Da Nang, Vietnam. Each year, the USO would entertain troops with Christmas shows all over the world — wherever soldiers were stationed. The biggest show ...
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How Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe & other Hollywood stars lifted troop morale through the USO
How the USO brought a little bit of Hollywood to the boys serving overseas.
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 ...
Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, Dec. 21, 1966: Bob Hope stands solo on stage as he delights thousands of U.S. service members with his jokes a few days before Christmas. Hope’s legendary variety-style holiday ...
A paratrooper officer reflected upon his Vietnam service and the time he spent with Bob Hope and other celebrities there to entertain the troops serving there. “I traveled the Bob Hope Show in 1966,” ...
Bob Hope and Miss World 1969, Eva Rueber-Staier of Austria, perform on the USS Saratoga during a USO Tour in this undated photo. (Wikimedia Commons) For five decades, Bob Hope entertained U.S. service ...
The documentary, “Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II” will air at 9 p.m. Monday, May 26, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app. Tim Gray ...
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