Comments on: Bob Hope's Vietnam Christmas Tours

By: Lt. Mac

Lt. Mac — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:47:00 +0000

Ron Hill – A post as vicious and degrading as yours has no place on this forum. This is a forum form posts from fighting men who were eternally gratefull for the little bit of happiness that Bob Hope and his show brought to a life of sudden death and little hope.

If you had been an actual fighting man, you might feel differently.

This forum is a place for heroes, you do not belong here, you belong in another forum.

By: NICK

NICK — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:13:24 +0000

SAW BOB HOPE 1969 LAI KHE…IST INF DIV…..8/BN 6TH ARTY…8INCH…………..IT WAS SAD….BUT IT GAVE US HOPE…TO GET HRU THAT HELL HOLE..AND GET BACK HOME……….TRUELY A GREAT MAN….THANKS MR HOPE"..IT WAS MORE THAN 40 YRS AGO…AND I REMMEBR IT AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY………..GOD LOVE HIM….

By: Rita Musick

Rita Musick — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:14 +0000

My husband was stationed in Hue 69-70. He was with the 101st airborne. He was at Christmas show that Bob Hope did in December 1969. He was on the stage with Connie Stevens. Does anyone know if you can buy a dvd of this show

By: CW2 LaDue

CW2 LaDue — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:12:12 +0000

Howard Miller,
When you mentioned CCK AB, in Taiwan, did you mean Kung Kuan AB, down by Taichung? Just wondering.

By: Howard Miller

Howard Miller — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:23:05 +0000

I also had the pleasure of seeing two Bob Hope shows. The first one was at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam with Rosy Grier and Ann-Margaret. The second was the following year, 1969. I was at CCK AB in Taiwan. It was especially important to me because he brought Neil Armstrong with him, just 5 months after his Moon landing.
I'll always be grateful to Bob Hope for his shows. It's very hard to explain how good it was to have such heady entertainment in the middle of such a grim business. I've never stopped believing that he was doing the shows for us first and foremost.

By: Robert adams

Robert adams — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:27:02 +0000

I served with C 7/13th Artillery at Bong Son in 1967-68 supporting !st Cavalry during Operation Pershing and we were permitted to go to the rear area for the show which was held back at the Phu Cat airbase. We meet Mr Hope and had pictures made with him and got to smell Raquel Welch's perfume (God was that nice). We were blessed to be there but sad as our brothers with the 8th Cav were killed nearby when their 228th Chinook crashed and burned. Some of our officers helped pulled dead and wounded soldiers from the wreck. Bob Hope was the greatest and I'll never forget meeting and talking with him. We gave him and Raquel each a shined artillery canister and I still have the picture. God rest his soul and thanks for the memories Mr. Hope! We still love and will forever. You appreciated the troops and we knew it, all of us!

By: Paul Culliton MSgt USMC(ret)

Paul Culliton MSgt USMC(ret) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:13:08 +0000

I saw the Cristmas show at DaNang in1968, also so far back that they all looked like dolls on the stage. Unforgettable!!
I just watched my youngest granddaughter's Christmas pageant,and when all the kids sang Silent Night, for just a few moments I was back in VietNam at the Bob Hope show, with all of us singing!

By: Richard L Sherlock

Richard L Sherlock — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 07:52:46 +0000

I saw Bob Hope on 12-22-1970, at Camp Eagle. He was quite a guy. Thanks Bob

By: Big Jack

Big Jack — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:55:18 +0000

I was a medic at Camp Kaiser Korea in 1968 when we were told Bob Hope will make a quick stop at our camp.What, Bob Hope here at Kaiser? What a treat,spent about an hour entertaining us. Will never forget!

By: dan chaplin

dan chaplin — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:10:34 +0000

I was resposible for the star on the tower that overlooked clark airbase. i got to see Bob's show from the distasnce I was on top of the hill