Bob Hope Christmas
Bob Hope from the evil pre-pc days of oppression to shortly after the onset of the progressives. Women somehow were sexy while clothed, innuendo was more titillating than twerking, and jokes were...jokes.
Be prepared to chuckle a bit -- and maybe even shed a tear or two.
Be prepared to chuckle a bit -- and maybe even shed a tear or two.
Thanks Gaiagal. Thanks for the memories.
Every time I see the linked video I get tears in my eyes and I remember how much I've always loved Raquel Welsh and others, but especially Ann Margaret. That was back in the days when "Stars" actually appreciated our warriors.
SaltyDog, I was on top of a big hill on the coast north of Da Nang and Phu Bai. It was named FSB Roy, the only facility east of Hwy 1. In the darkness of early morning we thought we heard a freight train come over our heads. We knew we were going die, everyone hit the dirt until we saw a bright flash light up the sky on the other side of the mountains, and a minute later the rumble. "What the hell was that?", was repeated throughout my battery. The next morning we found out it was you, the New Jersey, sending over one of those 16 inchers on some massive gathering that was planning to do an assault on us. I thought we shot big stuff, 8-inch and 175mm weighing in at just about 200 pounds each, until I heard that 2700 pound round go over our heads and explode on the other side. Thank you, you probably saved our lives.
Interestingly though, I was on USS Dolphin (AGSS 555) and we may have been the ones who got the New Jersey up there.
We were running the coast listening, and in those days Army couldn't talk to Air Force, Navy or Marine Corps directly...different freaks. We could listen or talk to anybody...we were an ELINT platform. In any event, one trip we heard the ground pounders were about to get creamed; it was monsoon season if memory serves and no one could get anything into the air. We had passed the New Jersey the day before, so our CO broke EmCon and told them to get their ass up here...our guys were about to be in a world of hurt. Jersey said "get their coordinates...we've gotta move offshore." So we relayed the info and waited, thinking they were going to start popping away with the 6 inch guns. Well it didn't seem like any time that the New Jersey called and told us to let the guys know that they were about to open fire. Imagine our surprise when we could hear the shells from 100 ft under water!
side fact that 60 percent of the audience would die
shortly after the pavuvu show, during the invasion of
peleliu (total 9800 dead in 2 months) ... gives the non-
military person a feel for the "work" of the military
during war. . Bob Hope was "a prince" as my dad
would say (ww2 LtCol).
Thank You for this posting!!! -- j
I was thinking, as I watched this video, about the men in the audience...realizing that it was impossible for everyone to return.