85 Years Ago Today, Bob Hope Launched His First USO Show, Starting Legacy of Lifting Troops’ Spirits
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young entertainer stepped onto a stage on May 6, 1941, at March Field in California and made history. Bob Hope performed his ...
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How Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe & other Hollywood stars lifted troop morale through the USO
With the country headed into World War II, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to enact the nonprofit United Service Organizations (USO), uniting a number of service organizations with ...
The letter, dated Nov. 27, 1944, and now on display in Cantigny’s First Division Museum, started like much of his fan mail: “Dear Bob Hope.” Mrs. A.A. Stumpf shared a note she received that August ...
85 Years Ago Today, Bob Hope Launched His First USO Show, Starting Legacy of Lifting Troops’ Spirits
A young entertainer stepped onto a stage on May 6, 1941, at March Field in California and made history. Bob Hope performed his very first show for the United Service Organizations (USO), beginning a ...
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