#entertaining troops

[speakingloudlywithamegaphone]

Little Pattie singing for the Australian Troops in Vietnam.

18th August 1966.

[anarchistemma]

Martin and Lewis entertaining returning Korean War servicemen at a base in Orleans, France, 1953

[americana-plus]

Bob Hope's unwavering commitment to the morale of America's servicemen and women is entertainment history, indeed, world history. Many say 'legend.'

It began in May, 1941 when Bob, with a group of performers, went to March Field, California, to do a radio show for airmen stationed there.

For nearly six decades, be the country at war or at peace, Bob, with a band of Hollywood gypsies, traveled the globe to entertain our service men and women.

The media dubbed him "America's No. 1 Soldier in Greasepaint." To the GIs, he was "G.I. Bob" and their clown hero.