Bob Hope did a whole hell of a lot to support our Troops and it’s very much appreciated even today.
@greasyflight66093 жыл бұрын
He represented an America that cared for its soldiers...not so much for its foreign policy
@ronjose2256 Жыл бұрын
Agreed 🇺🇸👍
@PhucDuong1234 Жыл бұрын
The troops must be missing home watching him performing there.
@RonnieGilesSings14 жыл бұрын
I was actually in the audience watching this Show......it was one of the happiest moments in my young life.
@mickeykindley98855 жыл бұрын
Ronnie Giles thank u welcome home
@davidoverholt2515 жыл бұрын
@@mickeykindley9885 , God Bless you and your friends for your service! You are so appreciated!
@kathytownsend63784 жыл бұрын
Good for you
@MarcoORVISINI4 жыл бұрын
LIAR.. LOL
@DeadDogSanders4 жыл бұрын
@@davidoverholt251 was very cool of u to write this I'm sure he's appreciative I am! GD Bless rvn69 cc
@brianortiz32945 жыл бұрын
So blessed to have this video, which shows my late father laughing at the 2:25 mark. My father met Bob Hope and many other stars who gave of themselves tirelessly to entertain our phenomenal men and women of the armed forces. God Bless Mr. Hope and God Bless the Armed Forces.
@NiceChest15 жыл бұрын
Brian Ortiz God bless your father! A real hero!
@cornshucker777 жыл бұрын
I was a kid when this was on, 7 years old. I loved these Bob Hope Shows. God bless the men and women who served over there.
@richardturner69814 жыл бұрын
@ Cornshucker: thank you very much.
@stevea29093 жыл бұрын
I w-as 7 also, this started my crush on Joey H!
@danadams4714 Жыл бұрын
God bless Bob Hope. He and his shows brought a lot of comfort and hope to our troops overseas for decades.
@c5back95 жыл бұрын
A truly great man who leveraged his massive celebrity to benefit thousands. RIP, Sir!
@redwemette59424 жыл бұрын
The USO shows were a treat in Vietnam, some of the troops that came home will never forget them.
@denise007dm12 жыл бұрын
Love my Vietnam Vets!!! RIP Brave Soldiers who didn't make it home.
@pamk93335 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@richardturner69814 жыл бұрын
@ Tom Reedy: your very welcome. My mother lived in the Bronx when she was a girl and she had a teacher whose name was Reedy. He was a WW1 Navy veteran and i was just wondering if you might be related to him.
@martinleavitt60943 жыл бұрын
👍🇺🇸
@MrBer4310 жыл бұрын
There Will Never Be Another Bob Hope ore anyone Like Him.
@kledhs28906 жыл бұрын
Elvin Berndt God bless Bob Hope.
@TheWingsoffury5 жыл бұрын
@Big Bill O'Reilly Thanks for standing up and telling everyone your the ass, there always has to be one. by the way take your meds your moron is showing
@TheWingsoffury5 жыл бұрын
@Big Bill O'Reilly that's it!!! a misspelling that spell check didn't pick up. your a moron
@spacepatrolman5 жыл бұрын
when Bob died there was a cartoon of him walking into heaven with the soldiers there waiting for him
@moncorp15 жыл бұрын
Carson's least favorite guest of all time. Thought Hope was the most boring guest he ever had.
@1776adb5 жыл бұрын
Sp.4 Alan Baker. Came back to base after an ammo run almost missing the show. I’m somewhere in the back. Joey ate at our mess tent - A battery 13th. Artillery 25 th. Infantry. Great show !
@ronwalters32232 ай бұрын
Watching this shook a few cobwebs loose in my seventy five year old brain…Christmas Eve -1970. Bob Hope was doing his annual show at Long Binh - we had it tuned up on our ADF (Automatic Direction Finder). The sun had long ago set along a dirt road near Quan Loi where the “Good Guys” (grunts) had been taking a pounding. My wingman and I had just relieved another crew after we had refueled and rearmed our AH-1G Cobras. I toggled the master switch to arm, then selected the twenty millimeter. With the stars above me and an infinite darkness below, I rolled into a thirty degree dive just as Connie Stevens began singing Silent Night.
@billhodges37235 жыл бұрын
man Joey is such a fox. Glad she did her part to entertain the men in Vietnam
@lrrp2513 жыл бұрын
I was there for this one and got to see him the following year in Plei Ku. Thanks for the memories.
@rogerdannelley48694 жыл бұрын
I was in Ankea 4th Division Army I was Sp 4 Roger Dannelley 1970
@MichaelSmith-jw8qw8 жыл бұрын
Joey Heatherton was a stunner--still recall her fondly
@williammawk96265 жыл бұрын
Women don't get any Hotter than Joey
@327h75 жыл бұрын
Call me crazy but woman were better looking and hotter !
@williammawk96265 жыл бұрын
@@327h7 You have a very valid statement. The women of back then used modesty as well as looks to be very sexy. Todays women just let it hang out and do whatever they can to exhabit themselves and exhibit no morality at all. Look at the entertainers of today, they do everything they can to show their boobs and stand there with their legs spread apart.
@TheReevessss5 жыл бұрын
Looks much like Connie Stevens to me.
@sireugenecourtney57975 жыл бұрын
Peta Wilson of the TV series Nikita was a stunner. And currently, Anna Torv of Fringe is hot inspite of being the niece of the crypto jew, Ruuuupert Murdoch.
@johnferguson6389Ай бұрын
I saw the Bob Hope show the day before this video on Christmas Eve at Tan Son Nhut.
@06molly13 жыл бұрын
I was there...Christmas Day 1966. Many memories of this show.
@richardturner69814 жыл бұрын
I missed his Christmas 1970 show. I was on duty but, a lot of my friends had front row seats.
@multitieredinvestor1833 жыл бұрын
I had just left Vietnam a week before this show. Returned in 1969. My battalion HQ was in Cu-Chi. We were forward in Tay Ninh.
@madagasarjoan9 жыл бұрын
amazing to find and see this; I'm one of the Red Cross "girls" shown in the audience in the early minutes. We're sitting together, wearing our light blue uniforms. I'll never forget this day and never expected to have a souvenir like this. And to the guys and the nurses who were there, you're the best!
@kyokogodai-ir6hy8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and all those others, for your service. We can never repay you for that. I wish the VA would try harder.
@06molly6 жыл бұрын
The memories of that day are still vivid. Christmas Day 1966 was special because of Bob Hope and all the entertainers there that special day.
@artlaflam6 жыл бұрын
I was there also .... seen with a couple buddies around minute marker 4:00 - 4:10 - I'll NEVER forget it ... Merry Christmas and "WELCOME HOME !!!!"
@natureluvr4evr2066 жыл бұрын
My late aunt was a nurse there at that time. I just got done looking at her pictures from this show and thought I'd see what I could find online. Lots, apparently! Thank you to all for your service.
@williamrooks39795 жыл бұрын
You Red Cross girls did as much for us and our spirits as the Bob hope show did and you did it every day. God bless you. Oct 66 to Jun 68.
@06molly8 жыл бұрын
I was there. Co. C 65th Engr. Bn. 25th Division
@kyokogodai-ir6hy8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. God bless.
@artlaflam6 жыл бұрын
Me too .... WELCOME HOME !!!!! Merry Christmas !!!!
@tvs34975 жыл бұрын
Did you know my cousin, Samuel Tony Hill, KIA May 31, 1968?
@NattyBumppo485 жыл бұрын
I salute you sir!!
@mickeykindley98855 жыл бұрын
Thank u welcome home
@grantomalley85325 жыл бұрын
Used to watch this with my parents all the time when I was a little kid. How could such great memories come from such horrible circumstances
@Rowlandph12 жыл бұрын
No cowards in that group!...anywhere!!...THAT'S for sure!... The cowards were all home....complaining!!!...juuuuuust like they do today!...!... And All REAL AMERICANS....KNOW IT!!... THANKS!!...FOR POSTING THIS!!..
@bigsargee64 жыл бұрын
@@sireugenecourtney5797 Could you be any more of a Dip Shit... probably not...LOSER..
4 жыл бұрын
yeah 55,000 died for NADA so you could brag
@ace1willie24 жыл бұрын
They died for no reason. Arrogance and pride are american traits not american values...
@bearcookie1329 күн бұрын
Amen!🙏
@SparrowSixFive10 жыл бұрын
My Christmas Wish is that America, Her Warriors and Their Families have the Merriest Christmas and the Happiest New Years ever! Hugs, Sparrow Six-Five!
@artlaflam6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU !!!!! Merry Christmas !!!!
@robertcarter46495 жыл бұрын
The men and women who served in the Vietnam War enjoyed and appreciated the show that Bob Hope and the stars put on for them There was always 2 versions one for TV and one for the troops God Bless Bob Hope he was the greatest for the troops at that time frame
@revpgesq13 жыл бұрын
Thank you, all you vets who have posted comments, and your buddies too. Yours in prayer,pg
@headley6211 жыл бұрын
I was four years old safe at home with my mommy and daddy. I received everything I wanted for Christmas. The best Christmas ever.
@johnmaka925210 жыл бұрын
My papa Jimmy was there. We still have the home movie footage he took of the show. Mahaloz to all the boys who served in Vietnam.
@frederickschepp2239 жыл бұрын
I was in the hospital in Japan when the show came. Joey Heatherton, Miss World and the Korean Kittens came to the room.She said she wished she could do something for me and I mentioned she could reach inside these P Js and she did and patted my belly. Everybody laughed and I have a memory forever 3bn 7th Marines 1st div
@thomasfinarelli91375 жыл бұрын
Frederick Schepp , would that be the Yokosuka Naval Hospital- I spent 2 months there on my first Purple Heart- made many friends at the hospital- went back to Nam and got hit again and recovered at Naval Air Support field hospital outside of Danang and went back to 2nd Bat, 1st Mar Div weapons plt. and got hit again and sent to Philadelphia Naval Hospital
@dredbud92725 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service,you can’t make that shit up. Thanks again
4 жыл бұрын
@@thomasfinarelli9137 learn to duck
@arttafil67924 жыл бұрын
Frederick Schepp, I’ll bet now that every time you relive that memory you make a mess in your skivvies. I know I would. She was the sexiest thing since black satin panties!
@MarcoORVISINI4 жыл бұрын
STOP WITH UR BULLSHIT.. YOU ARE JUST AN OLD WASHED UP HILLBILLY.. STFU..LOSER
@terryslota2224 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Hope came to ChuLai, Christmas '65, was fortunate enough to see him...RIP Mr. Hope 3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
@joshuacalebm7 жыл бұрын
Wow Joey Heatherton was a knockout!
@dunning2343 жыл бұрын
She is so beautiful thanks so much she is such a crush of mine.
@lancelot19535 жыл бұрын
I have spent many Holidays entertained by the USO over a 28 year career - USO was a home away from home. I would get autographed pics for my kids - All my gratitude to this organization, I shed many tears, Ciao, L (Veteran)
@pamk93335 жыл бұрын
Welcome home, Vietnam Veterans. Thank you for your service. God bless you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@tomcomiskey63504 жыл бұрын
Thank your
@partlymedia14 жыл бұрын
So fine. Such memories. Here is to all of you. Thanks for sharing. Bob was always the man who dared.
@williamrooks39795 жыл бұрын
Was there for that! In country only three months. It meant a lot to us. Saw him again the next year too. God bless him and all who came with him.
@deanopaul112 жыл бұрын
I was there at this show ( will never forget when he talked to R T O man in field ) he told Bob thanks for memories) Bob had tears in his eyes. such touching moment " will never forget. R I P Bob and THAKS FOR MEMORIES . wolfhound foever Paul
@artlaflam6 жыл бұрын
I got to Cu Chi when there was NOTHING .... served 3 tours in Nam ... Welcome Home brother !!!!
@sammiedog44 жыл бұрын
@@artlaflam big wip quiet yourself back to the outhouse
@fishing4truth915 жыл бұрын
I was 13 and remember Joey Heatherton very well. A few years later I'd be serving this nation myself.
@TomEgelhoff2 жыл бұрын
I was there too Ronnie. We went out about 700am to save a seat for the CO. We were in the front row to begin with but had to move because they put the wounded and the nurses there which was only right. I remember the cast at the end of the show singing Silent Night and I was close enough to see tears streaming down their faces. I'll never forget that day. It's great that at least part of it is memorialized. USA welcome home Ronnie.
@mt.rushmore79162 жыл бұрын
Joey looked fatigued in this and probably was....due to the schedule. But, she remains a wonderful, beautiful marvel. Joey is not to be forgotten.
@catherinetran4903 Жыл бұрын
I’m Vietnamese American,now leaving in TX.!Sep 2023,Still watching the show . Wow almost 50.❤!
@getpeko5412 жыл бұрын
RIP Bob Hope! Thanks for the memories. YOU were a great American!
@MrTespro12 жыл бұрын
My company of about 250 men arrived at Cu Chi not many days before this show. The 61st HEM CO, had departed from Ft Knox, KY and crossed the Pacific by troop ship. We were all somewhere way back in that crowd of soldiers. I suppose it was a good thing to have such an inspirational start to our year. Afterwards we counted the days until we could go home. It was great to find this video and re-live the memory. Lt Tom Stover, Armament Platoon Leader
@gordonchambers92354 жыл бұрын
Tom Stover I was one of the 250 men of the 61st Hem. Didn’t care for the boat ride. I had just turned 18 a couple of months before we boarded that troop ship. Still have my slimy green dragon card for crossing the international date line. Hope you get this message. Can’t find any pictures of the guys in the company
@johnwilliamson22765 жыл бұрын
Where I was at in Vietnam we didn't rate a USO show. We were too close to the DMZ to risk that I suppose. So I watch the shows that the Army got and the Marine Corps didn't. It only took me 50 years to watch a USO show. SEMPER FI
@samoliver90853 жыл бұрын
I arrived in Country December 20 in Saigon. I sat in the 1st first row of the plane. I remember them opening the door and Instant Sweat appeared from the heat and humidity. I was there as part of a replacement company and I was sent to Cu Chi. I was there at the show, but way in the back. I used my 8mm to record it, but I don't remember if it was Christmas Day or not. I was a member of the 2/27th Wolfhound. Spent my year there and 12 of us flew back on a C141 in jump seats for 3 days., first landed in Tokyo, then Alaska, then Alabama and finally into Dover. One of the 12 guys on the flight said someone took his Money Orders worth $1,400 and they called the MP's. Took a few hours for them to show up as it was Christmas eve. The MP's started to search all of our bags for the missing Money Orders. Someone said search his stuff first, which they did. They found them after a few minutes. No one was happy with the guy as we had lost 3-4 hours from being released to go home. The MP's keep the guy who had misplaced his money orders. In hind sight, I think some of the guys had souvenirs that they did not want to be found. Yes, Memories...
@moonglow13116 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for posting the legendary Bob Hope entertaining our troops in Vietnam. I wonder how many of our boys shown, came back in body bags.....liked, shared and subscribed
@DJHuk9 жыл бұрын
Joey Heatherton also gave much joy to the troops.
@sixtiesschlitz16385 жыл бұрын
Yeah especially compared to Hanoi Jane who still talks like she misses North Vietnam and being on a Russian or Chinese supplied anti-aircraft gun.
@RedcoatMic245 жыл бұрын
@@sixtiesschlitz1638 Aye, good on her too. Bomb other countries and tun the risk of getting shot down. Fair enough!
@michaelshort30615 жыл бұрын
@Hammerschlägen M Certainly does, the UK is guilty of a great many crimes.
@artlaflam7 жыл бұрын
After 50 years ... I actually found myself and 4 or 5 from the Q-4 Radar Section
@hwbarnes46107 жыл бұрын
Art LaFlam Thank You Art for your service. Was anyone watching Bob when Joey was on the stage?
@thomasgregory79245 жыл бұрын
i got to cu-chi in 68 was on the Q-4 RADAR till march when were you there? though it was the best job you could have just got there at the start of Tet
@sammiedog44 жыл бұрын
So what u want a medal for doing nothing. In a safe zone while some of us didn't have this Honor cause who we were.
@sammiedog44 жыл бұрын
@@thomasgregory7924 another soft job some of you what to be hero served. How about some of us who served in the shit no able to brag cause there was nothing to brag of the soft position you people received over some of us others
@sooz94333 жыл бұрын
He gave up soOOOOoo many Christmases to show his love and appreciation to the Military men and women of not just America but other countries fighting with them as well. I pray we never have a need for this again. R.I.P. MR. HOPE...what an amazing human being you were.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🇺🇸
@chuckwagon55185 жыл бұрын
Good to see the troops being entertained! Bob Hope made a terrible situation a little bit better!
@byronie0711 жыл бұрын
Always had to work as a sky cop when he was around. In my memories and my heart. Bob you live forever
@sammiedog44 жыл бұрын
RA jerko. Don't complaint you volunteered so eat it.
@michaelcanty4940Ай бұрын
0:20-0:25, Chris Noel appeared in a number of films and can be seen in the Perry Mason episode The Case of the Silent Six. She gave up a promising career in acting to host an AFN radio show "A Date with Chris" She married an American Army Captain , Ty Herrington who suffered severe PTSD. Eleven months into thr marriage, he committed suicide. Chris made a number of visits to troops in the field and on two occasions was in a helicopter that was shot down.
@VILJL4 жыл бұрын
Joey Heatherton was born on September 14, 1944, celebrated her 76th birthday on Monday September 14, 2020. She is an American actress, dancer, and singer. A sex symbol of the 1960s and 1970s, she is best known for her many television appearances during that time, particularly as a frequent variety show performer, although she also appeared in acting roles. She performed for over a decade on USO tours presented by Bob Hope, and starred in several feature films including (1965) and (1977).
@Bummerdrummer463 Жыл бұрын
I miss Bob Hope. I always loved to watch him and Johnny Carson with my grandfather.
@gngd53514 жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything.
@tascosaeagle4 ай бұрын
All of his shows were truly epic . One my life’s greatest joys was getting to see him perform 3 times over the course of my careers in the Corps !
@CosmicPen5 жыл бұрын
Hope was always good for troop moral but Vietnam was a tough act for him. He gave his last show there in 1972.
@jamesmack33145 жыл бұрын
Makes sense,after that the war,at least our participation,was basically over
@Mr91495osh5 жыл бұрын
Bob Hope did so much good for,our troops.
@DISCODAN15 жыл бұрын
God I miss him and the clean humor! He was amazing!
@garycarpenter29803 жыл бұрын
This guy was the best when I was growing up,we hardly ever missed a special any time of the year whether it was Christmas,thanksgiving........his birthday......etc,he was always a hoot to see and hear,the best"nut"in Hollywood,he was for the ages
@rickrichmond14065 жыл бұрын
Joey Heatherton... Good Lord!
@gary94265 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Bob Hope , all the performers, and all of our troops who served in Vietnam. Much respect! God bless you all!
@CourtneyLachiver4 ай бұрын
My 9th grade history teacher was stationed in Vietnam back in this time and got to see Bob Hope and Ann-Margaret.
@rowwdycolt6547 жыл бұрын
Bob Hope was the best.
@mxnfx5 жыл бұрын
Bob Hope was a true American and entertainer! He would come to our town once a year and entertain us, he lived in Palm Springs, So, it was a hop skip and a jump tour town.......Loved seeing him!
@therevv29 жыл бұрын
I was in the 1st ID. We were stationed in Di Ahn.
@SteveCanoy5 жыл бұрын
Bob Hope was a treasure.
@sancho85213 жыл бұрын
Yay, Bob Hope ! Great American
@HenauderTitzauf5 жыл бұрын
Got to see them while I was stationed at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand. The date was 20 or 21st of December 1964. There was a grand total of about 128 people(Americans) at the show and on the base. I was permanently at England AFB, Louisiana, but had TDYs to Florida, Japan, Taiwan, Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Phililippines,. And I had only made up to E-3, but in a speciality code for Armament and Electronics Technician.they sang Silent Night, many tears in that audience!
@johnevans3882 ай бұрын
1966? I was 15 in the UK watching the war on TV and hoping to Hell our government kept us out of this mess. I've since 'walked the Wall' and paid respect to all those who should have enjoyed all the things I have since.
@TimothyBall-mv3lp4 ай бұрын
6/9/2024. Bob Hope a gift from Britain to America.
@davidfaas587772 жыл бұрын
Happy #VeteransDay2021 For Your Service in Vietnam & BobHope #Fan In Minnesota
@mckill853 ай бұрын
She is still one of my top icons ❤❤
@raysnyder75125 жыл бұрын
It is now 10/16/2029 and 2/3 of those guys are already dead according to the VA. Hard to imagine isn't it.
@kyranlee40888 ай бұрын
Thanks you for your service sir
@littlejackrussell123 жыл бұрын
I lost a few friends there, I was there in 66 jan 68 God take care of them all I'll see them again soon.
@terryporche87455 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories Mr Hope.
@David-yw2lv8 ай бұрын
Bob Hope was very good about entertaining troops all the way to Desert Storm.
@puckettv4812 жыл бұрын
I was there...Christmas Day 1966. 4th Infantry Division 4th Avn Bn Co Dragon Mountain, Pleiku
@met3025 жыл бұрын
God bless you
@sammiedog44 жыл бұрын
Big wip. Volunteered so shut up and take it in yourself. Just another want to be . Some of us didn't have this pleasure. Cause we were always in the field.
@bearcookie1329 күн бұрын
God Bless those soldiers as well as Miss Heatherton and Mr. Hope..🙏❤️
@johnq.public44555 жыл бұрын
My God she is incredibly beautiful.
@dominicklandolfi80485 жыл бұрын
God Bless Bob Hope; he loved the troops!
@thedude1-wn2ij Жыл бұрын
God bless! I always loved Bob Hope, what a legend!
@cyndifoore77433 жыл бұрын
As I’m watching this I’m wondering how many of these kids were killed, missing or came home only to die an early death? I hate war. Especially this damn war. I’m so glad that Bob Hope did these USO tours, he was a great person.
@greasyflight66093 жыл бұрын
Somber reflection...poor bastards...what a cluster %#%
@maryschneider27593 жыл бұрын
me too Cyndie
@mmp4953 ай бұрын
I have chills watching this.❤
@erekbenincasa681711 жыл бұрын
good ole tropical lightning. It was my absolute dream to be apart of that company. I signed an 8 year Army contract for infantry when I was 19 and wanted to do full career and more than anything go serve in Afghanistan but I was injured during basic at Ft. Benning and discharged, ruined my military career, it kills me
@kyokogodai-ir6hy8 жыл бұрын
Take heart in that you tried. We are not always meant to do what we want to. Support those that did do what you wanted to, and live your life to the best of your ability.
@mankokennewick58025 жыл бұрын
Little did they know the VC were right under their feet.
@edwardtilton94365 жыл бұрын
I was stuck up the road at Tay Ninh, we got Nancy Sinatra singing her boots were made for walking
@davhuf34965 жыл бұрын
Thank you Bob and gang!
@michaelsix96845 жыл бұрын
women who did these tours deserve so much thanks--Chris Noel was gorgeous and sounded sexy on radio-classy lady
@billhuber29645 жыл бұрын
Spam on Friday. Lmao 😆the one liners were priceless.
@mgaamerica91854 жыл бұрын
God bless all of Vietnam Veterans, and all of the great entertains especially Bob Hope!
@josephhaynes30175 жыл бұрын
We lost way to many here , God rest their sole’s.
@ricksmith62983 ай бұрын
We never missed this at our house.
@robertyancey48675 жыл бұрын
God Bless BOB HOPE...A true AMERICAN ICON...😀😁😊😎
@tj-kv6vr5 жыл бұрын
he gave these troops a moment of joy. God Bless him
@auggie8035 жыл бұрын
--Who?
@voi7965 жыл бұрын
Love 💕 Vietnam so much
@freddymustafa50203 жыл бұрын
God bless these poor guys and may the ones not with us rest in peace😳🙏
@tzisme5 жыл бұрын
Visited Cu Chi last year (2019). It is now a tourist destination.
@coolyajets86385 жыл бұрын
2 star general "wonderful women and men....." PC no just plain speak salute you general
@waldoparsnip10252 ай бұрын
Mr. Hope , you were the best ! Rest in Peace .
@xstensl88233 жыл бұрын
i was in Jr. High School, but finally made it to Viet Nam in 2015, lovely people.