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9 Memorable Bob Hope Stories, as Told by Veterans

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 ...
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Bob Hope’s USO show brought bit of home to soldiers in Vietnam [I Know a Story column]

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 ...
Variety

An X-Rated ‘Midnight Cowboy,’ a Boorish Bob Hope and a Divided Hollywood: Looking Back at the 1970 Oscars

It was supposed to be a night of celebration, but as the Academy Awards unfolded on April 7, 1970, there was a sense of anxiety and dissatisfaction gripping the movie business. Much like today, the ...
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Bob Hope

On the C-SPAN Networks: Bob Hope was an Entertainer with six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1970 Vignette. The year with the highest average number of views per program ...