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Hope Jokes Work On USS Guam For Marines In Beirut
Bob Hope headlined a shipboard Christmas show on the USS Guam as Marines stationed near Beirut airport crowded the amphibious vessel. The cast included Julie Hayek Cathy Lee Crosby Ann Jillian and Vic Damone with Capt. Karcher noting some Marines forgot word not to bring weapons. The crew described life at sea 66 days from Norfolk and the two beer limit while recalling Vietnam era gags that still drew laughs among leathernecks and sailors alike.
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Guam
Bob Hope
Hope
Beirut
David Karcher
Miami
Bo Sun
U.S.A
Julie Hayek
Grenada
Caribbean
6Th Fleet
Brooke Shields
Cathy Lee Crosby
Ann Jillian
New Jersey
Independence
John F. Kennedy
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Vic Damone
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Scott Gresham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Vietnam
Danang
George Kirby
Archie Bunker
Kirby
Cpl
Jeffrey Harrison
Buffalo
N.Y
Harrison
Hope Troupe