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Bob Hope’s annual USO Christmas tours in Vietnam prompted many letters from family members of servicemen. In this letter, the wife of a soldier Hope entertained quotes her husband’s description of the Christmas show’s emotional concluding moments as GIs joined performers in the singing of “Silent Night.”
Bob Hope’s annual USO Christmas tours in Vietnam prompted many letters from family members of servicemen. In this letter, the wife of a soldier Hope entertained quotes her husband’s description of the Christmas show’s emotional concluding moments as GIs joined performers in the singing of “Silent Night.”