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Bob and Dolores Hope in Vietnam Photographs

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Title	Bob and Dolores Hope in Vietnam Photographs
Subject	Military Ohio Arts and Entertainment Soldiers Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 Holidays Christmas Entertainers Vietnam War
Place	Tiffin (Ohio) Seneca County (Ohio) Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio) South Vietnam
Description	This photograph shows comedian Bob Hope at a special show for U.S. troops in Vietnam on Christmas Day, 1972. Dolores Hope is with the audience in the second photograph. The show also featured Delores Hope, Redd Fox, and Lola Falana. The photographs were taken by John Hill, a native of Tiffin, Ohio who was stationed in South Vietnam from 1971 to 1973. The photographs measure 4.75" x 3" (12.07 x 7.62 cm). Bob Hope (1903-2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, moved to Cleveland from England with his family in 1907. After graduating from East High School in Cleveland, Hope spent time as an amateur boxer before entering show business. He worked in vaudeville and on Broadway before turning to radio and then television. Hope first began performing for troops stationed overseas in World War I, and continued through the first Gulf War. He starred in more than fifty films and was awarded five special Oscars for humanitarian work and in 1985 he was awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors for Lifetime Achievement. John David Hill (b. 1948) served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1973. A graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School and Heidelberg College with a degree in education, he enlisted at Cleveland in June 1971. After completing basic training in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and serving close to a year at Ft. Hood, Texas, he was given orders for Vietnam. Because of his college degree in physical education, his position was that of a Recreational Specialist. He arrived in Saigon in May 1972 and was first stationed at Bien Hoa Army Base, adjacent to the air base northeast of Saigon. There he worked with Special Services organizing the sports programs and special events, such as a show on Christmas Day 1972 with Bob and Delores Hope, Redd Fox, and Lola Falana. In August, he was transferred to An Son, 10 miles from Quin Nhon, and about 300 miles north of Saigon. He ran a sports program, a craft shop, and photo lab to entertain the soldiers in their free time. Hill flew home to Ohio for temporary duty after Christmas 1972, believing that Nixon would sign the cease-fire before his return, but he flew back to Vietnam and was present for the cease fire in January 1973. He helped disassemble the post's craft shop, leaving Vietnam in February 1973. After leaving the army, Hill earned advanced degrees from University of Buffalo and Bowling Green State University and was the basketball coach and athletic director of Heidelberg College from 1976 to 2002. He then became athletic director of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
Creator	Hill, John, 1948-
Date of Original	December 25, 1972
Collection	John Hill Photograph Collection
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2719_3163724_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2719_3163724_001.tif
Image Height	1895
Image Width	2827
File Size	650.265 KB

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