Bob Hope Entertaining Our Troops In The Pacific~~

cirelaw · 11-10-2014, 07:58 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2CD2MXSTTU Eric

drbuster · 11-10-2014, 08:23 PM

Truly a great man/entertainer/comedian who built the morale of our troops in three wars, often with little regard to his own safety. God saw fit to allow this rare individual to live to be 100. What's sad is that few under 30 know who he was!

cirelaw · 11-10-2014, 08:33 PM

Heres Viet Nam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oy5rLlCSk0

lew1 · 11-10-2014, 11:18 PM

I have the opportunity to meet him once - briefly.

A remarkable gentleman.

alanint · 11-11-2014, 04:53 AM

Also a very smart investor. He ended up purchasing much of what is now Orange County when it was literally orange groves, just outside LA, then slowly sold it off parcel by parcel to developers of the expanding city. He left a considerable estate when he passed away.

cirelaw · 11-11-2014, 08:21 AM

I wonder who got his golf club!

tudorbug · 11-11-2014, 11:37 AM

I was in Cam Ranh Bay when this show was there in Fall 1967.

David

cirelaw · 11-11-2014, 12:06 PM

David, I bet that brought back memories

tudorbug · 11-12-2014, 11:41 AM

Indeed it did, to a degree, because I remained in the vicinity of the company orderly room while the rest of the soldiers normally there went off to the show.

David

cirelaw · 11-12-2014, 03:50 PM

Bob Throughout His Tours. Great Stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR9TSxp_okc

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Bob Hope Entertaining Our Troops In The Pacific~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2CD2MXSTTU Eric

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lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	I have the opportunity to meet him once - briefly. A remarkable gentleman. __________________ charlie

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drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Truly a great man/entertainer/comedian who built the morale of our troops in three wars, often with little regard to his own safety. God saw fit to allow this rare individual to live to be 100. What's sad is that few under 30 know who he was!

11-10-2014, 08:33 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Heres Viet Nam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oy5rLlCSk0

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Also a very smart investor. He ended up purchasing much of what is now Orange County when it was literally orange groves, just outside LA, then slowly sold it off parcel by parcel to developers of the expanding city. He left a considerable estate when he passed away.

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	I wonder who got his golf club!

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tudorbug Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	I was in Cam Ranh Bay when this show was there in Fall 1967. David

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	David, I bet that brought back memories

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tudorbug Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	Indeed it did, to a degree, because I remained in the vicinity of the company orderly room while the rest of the soldiers normally there went off to the show. David

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,138 Times in 2,176 Posts	Bob Throughout His Tours. Great Stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR9TSxp_okc