BOB HOPE
I'm glad to hear about the monuments and tributes to Bob Hope. To me, he's a bigger hero than John Wayne. I saw Bob in DaNang on his Christmas show tour, in 1969. Too bad I was way up on the hill overlooking the show, but I still have the pictures that I took.
Wallace Klekar, Sgt. USMC 1968-1972
NEVER GOT ANY ACCOLADES
My genuine entertainment hero showed up not more than three days after we landed on Tulagi in the 'Canal Campaign on 9/8/42. There, to my complete astonishment, was Joe E. Brown standing all alone on a small hillside–with absolutely no retainers or females attending him–doing his d*mnest to give us a real laugh . . and he sure succeeded!!! A well-known comedian in the late 30s/early 40s, Joe E. never got any accolades–except from the troops–for being there almost at the beginning. But—then—he never sought any kind of public attention, either. Said that he just felt he had to be with us. A truly dedicated patriot!!! Semper fi,
Dana T. Hughes, Cpl., USMC (Ret.)