THE LEGEND OF BOB HOPE entertaining American 6's started in May of 1941 when the country was at peace. When World War Il broke, Bob Hope, with a band of ""Hollywood gypsies,"' took off for Europe, ...

Pleiku, South Vietnam, Dec. 20, 1966: Diane Shelton, baton twirling champion, waits behind the stage for her performance at the Bob Hope Christmas Show. Hope’s legendary variety-style holiday show ...

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,” ...

BIEN HOA, South Vietnam — Bob Hope, who said he wasn't scared to come to Vietnam, but added they had to blindfold the airplane, brought some laughter to a place of war Christmas Eve. The comedian and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum proudly salutes Bob Hope on his 123rd birthday and the 85th anniversary month of a historic moment in entertainment and military history—Hope's first broadcast for the ...

Comedian, actor, singer & dancer, born Leslie Townes Hope on May 29, 1903, in England, Bob Hope moved to the United States ...