HAWKEYE10
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Bob Hope was a true American hero for what he did for our troops in time of war. Here is a video I think you will like DonBob Hope Christmases with the troops - YouTube
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Bob Hope was a true American hero for what he did for our troops in time of war. Here is a video I think you will like DonBob Hope Christmases with the troops - YouTube
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He was at Long Binh on New Year's Day of 1970. I had only been in country for a few days, so I drove some of the other guys to the show. He was very special.
Xmas 1971 Freedom Hill. I had just gotton got of the hospital and managed to get a slot for the show. My seat was up on the hill. I noticed that the hospital patients were seated in the first two rows and a nurse that cared for me was lugging a box of apples passing them out. Being a gentleman, I went down and carried the box for her. When we finished, she sat me down with the patients, second row center. What a show, Lola Flana, The Gold Diggers, The Ding A Lings, Miss World, Bob Hope. Fantastic
mg357
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HAWKEYE10 thank you for posting the link to this video.
Marksman
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Another nostalgic memory like New Years Eve with Guy Lombardo.
cwo4uscgret
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Singapore Harbor, Christmas 1972, Bob Hope onboard the USS MIDWAY. Red Foxx, Lola Falana, Roman Gabriel, Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
The Bob Hope Thai Apology Tour. He had made some remarks that offended the Bhudist Monks and Thai Government that tour.
The Bob Hope Thai Apology Tour. He had made some remarks that offended the Bhudist Monks and Thai Government that tour.
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Ascom, Korea fall of 64. Us privates got to sit *up front and we'll never forget Bob and his cast. Talent, kindness, thoughtfulness, sincerity, compassion, are only a few of the words I could use to describe him and his fellow entertainers. Thanks for sharing this video.
*Many people don't know this but Bob had a rule about his shows, the lowest ranks always sat up front, the higher your rank the further back you went. That's why you won't see any brass in the front rows of his performances.
*Many people don't know this but Bob had a rule about his shows, the lowest ranks always sat up front, the higher your rank the further back you went. That's why you won't see any brass in the front rows of his performances.
Chik a Boom
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Yes, Hawk, thanks. Awesome, with emotion. God bless 'em all.
steveno
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from the other side of the world Hanau 1970. a bunch of us Air Force types got bused from Rhein Mein Ab over to Hanau
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what a classic....i only wish we had about another thousand bob hope's
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There were only a few great composers (Mozart) or painters (Picasso) or Western Heros (John Wayne). Bob's in good company. He's earned a special place in the hearts of vets everywhere.
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I don't think Bob ever traveled anywhere w/o a golf club.
goldenlight
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Bob Hope: doing what he did best, in some of the worst places in the world, at the time.
He earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his work.
It is the highest possible award that can be given to a civilian.
He earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his work.
It is the highest possible award that can be given to a civilian.
Straightshooter2
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My dad always loved telling the story about a Bob Hope show during WW II. Seems like Bob took a peek out at the audience before the show started and noticed that they were seated by rank...with the highest ranking officers in the very front to the lowest enlisted in the back. My dad claimed that Bob refused to start the show until the order of seating was reversed with the highest ranks on the back row.
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I probably saw Mr. Hopes last USO show but oddly enough saw him in passing multiple times because he had family in the part of Ohio I live in. The running joke was that he tended to sneak in to the area not because of avoiding publicity but because he had stolen car locally in the 1920’s and wasn’t sure the arrest warrant had expired.
To me one of the most striking interviews he gave was concerning a tour in the Pacific in 1944. At the end of the multi stop tour a Marine Officer came up and begged him to make one more appearance on a remote island base. Hope reluctantly agreed and did the show. About a month later he learned that the island was the staging area for Peleliu and roughly half his audience that day was dead within two weeks of seeing his show. He said he would have regretted not doing that show for the rest of his life and I sincerely believe he meant it.
To me one of the most striking interviews he gave was concerning a tour in the Pacific in 1944. At the end of the multi stop tour a Marine Officer came up and begged him to make one more appearance on a remote island base. Hope reluctantly agreed and did the show. About a month later he learned that the island was the staging area for Peleliu and roughly half his audience that day was dead within two weeks of seeing his show. He said he would have regretted not doing that show for the rest of his life and I sincerely believe he meant it.
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Bob Hope entertained the troops in the Panama Canal Zone, I believe, in 1960. Being an Army photographer I got to meet him as well as photograph him, and had my picture made while filming him in motion picture. A Great American! Another one of our "Greatest Generation!"
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