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| Keywords: Christmas Special - Bob Hope and his star-studded cast touched down at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam, December 19, 1966... - NARA - 542299.tif Scope and content Christmas Special -- Bob Hope and his star-studded cast touched down at Pleiku Air Base Vietnam December 19 1966 enroute to Dragon Mountain home of the 2nd Brigade 4th Infantry Division for his first Christmas show for servicemen in Vietnam Major General A S Collins Jr right commanding general 4th Infantry Division and Colonel William K Bonneaux left 633rd Combat Support Group Commander greeted the Hope troupe upon arrival and escorted them aboard Army helicopters which airlifted them to Dragon Mountain About 400 Air Force personnel from Pleiku joined some 4 500 Army troops to watch the first Christmas Special show General notes 542299 Local identifier 342-AF-99731USAF Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1966-12-19 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-99731USAF yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Bob Hope and the USO 19 December 1966 in aviation in Vietnam Pleiku Air Base | ||||