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Class Act Lady

On April 7th this year I went to see Ann Margret in concert in Fort Collins, CO. I took with me an enlargement of a picture taken aboard the USS Yorktown CVS-10 of her comming aboard and going through the Marine Corps Honor Guard. I am the third Marine (Lcpl) on the left. I also was one of four Marines that escorted her up to the stage (forward elevator that was lowered to make the stage)

After the concert I went to the stage and asked the keyboard player if he could get Ann Margret to autograph the picture. He called the road manager over and I was taken back stage. When Ann Margret came out of her dressing room she was introduced to me and we spent time talking about her time aboard the aircraft carrier. She remembered the squids spelling out "Hi Annie" with their bodies then getting the hell off the flight deck before she landed.

She then autographed my picture and I got a great big hug and kissed on both cheeks. One class act lady. More attention should be paid to her and her support of the troops instead of that self professed whore Hanoi Jane.

Raquel and Freedom Hill

When Bob Hope aked for ONE volunteer to dance with Raquel, Freedom Hill slid towards the stage...
AHH...breath taking!

USO 1967, 1968

Letter From Bob Hope

In December of '69, word came down to Hill 119 that a couple of guys would get to go see the Bob Hope show at Freedom Hill. Several of us had joked that getting to see the Bob Hope Show for free was one of the reasons we had volunteered for Nam. As it turned out, I couldn't go according to somebody in the rear since I was the only Corpsman on the hill. When the lucky ones came back, one of the guys was somehow able to get me an autographed picture of old Bob his-self. Well, as you know; 8X10 glossies didn't fare too well in the rain and the sandbag bunkers and my autographed photo was in pretty bad shape when we rotated off of the hill.

Sometime later, I took pen in hand and wrote Mr. Hope a letter asking for another picture. On the envelope I addressed it simply "Mr. Bob Hope/Hollywood, California" and wrote free where the stamp would have gone and sent it on it's way. I didn't figure, I'd ever hear any-thing back from it.

Today I went down to the lock box and got out the attached photo and letter to show my kids and their kids. I recently read in a newspaper article that Mr. Hope answered every letter that a service man sent him. The attached photo and letter are to me like the man that brought "home", to the Military all over theglobe: They, like him, are priceless.

Happy Birthday Bob

Doc T. Mullins Delta 2-3
1st Recon Bn. USMC 69-70 RVN

USO Pictures, DaNang, 1971

Hi Sgt. Grit,

Here is the pictures. Please enjoy and do what you want with them. I took them during the Bob Hope Show in Da Nang. I don't remember the exact month but 1971 March or April. I came home in May that year.

Semper Fi,
Cpl Frank Dias

Bob Hope Xmas Tour 1972

Hey Grit, My name is John Binfield, L/Cpl, USMC
Attached is photos from the Bob Hope Xmas Tour 1972. He stopped at our base RTAFB Nam Phong, MCAS ROSE GARDEN, Thailand in December 1972.I was TAD from 3rd MarDiv, 3rd FSR, Camp Foster, Okinawa. I was attached to MAG-15, LSG Delta.

Our mission was troop support and bombing missions over North and South Viet Nam in the closing days of the war. We were also involved with Operation Linebacker 2. The Christmas Bombings that finally brought the North Viet Namese to sign the cease fire. After the cease fire we provided air support the the loyalist Cambodians who were fighting the Khmer Rouge. Units at Nam Phong were VMFA 115 (F4 Phantoms) VMFA 232 (F4 Phantoms) VMFA (all weather) 533 (A6 Intruders)
bib909@earthlink.net

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