Christmas 1964
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Sgt Grit
Here is a copy of our 1964 Christmas Menu. The U.S.S. Lenawee was off Vietnam at the time.
Speaking of Bob Hope.
On Christmas Eve, 1964, Bob Hope and his USO troupe were en route to the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam. Cue card man Barney McNulty was late getting the cue cards off the plane. That delay ultimately saved all of their lives when a Viet Cong truck loaded with 300 pounds of TNT exploded at their hotel. Investigation revealed a Viet Cong document indicating that Bob Hope was the target of the attack.
Dale Landon
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