During the Vietnam War, most American GIs flew alone, and not with their units, to and from Vietnam aboard a chartered 707 commercial airliner. The flight attendants aboard those planes made the trips ...

BLOOMBURG, Texas – Melvin Timmons performed a lot of roles during his service in Vietnam, but one role he likes to talk about is crew chief to the stars. Timmons and his helicopter crew ferried ...

During Christmas of 1971, I was stationed in Da Nang, Vietnam. Each year, the USO would entertain troops with Christmas shows all over the world — wherever soldiers were stationed. The biggest show ...

A paratrooper officer reflected upon his Vietnam service and the time he spent with Bob Hope and other celebrities there to entertain the troops serving there. “I traveled the Bob Hope Show in 1966,” ...

THE LEGEND OF BOB HOPE entertaining American 6's started in May of 1941 when the country was at peace. When World War Il broke, Bob Hope, with a band of ""Hollywood gypsies,"' took off for Europe, ...

Pleiku, South Vietnam, Dec. 20, 1966: Diane Shelton, baton twirling champion, waits behind the stage for her performance at the Bob Hope Christmas Show. Hope’s legendary variety-style holiday show ...