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Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller in Vietnam, 1966

By Joe Gromelski
Published: August 21, 2012
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Gerard Forken ©Stars and Stripes
Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, December, 1966: Bob Hope, with his trademark golf club, and Phyllis Diller, with her ever-present cigarette holder, entertain the troops at Cam Ranh Bay during Hope's annual Christmas tour of the Far East. Diller, whose self-deprecating humor also fed the routines of many other comedians (Hope joked that she was "scaring both sides" in the Vietnam War), died August 20, 2012 at age 95.

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