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Engine Fails Bob Hope Lifts Spirits in Vietnam Tour
Bob Hope and 65 entertainers survived an in-flight engine failure near Cambodia as their C130 landed safely. General Abrams greeted the troupe at Long Binh, where Hope performed a 90 minute show before about 30,000 troops in blistering heat, joking about the war and GI Bill education.
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Peter Arnett
Long Binh
Vietnam
Air Force
Bob Hope
Cambodia
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Rosie
Roosevelt Grier
Hope
Gen. Abrams
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
States
Paris
Ho Chi Minh Trail