There is only one person I know who lived during the great depression. I suspect that many of the young folks I speak with know little about World War Two, a war fought by young Americans 17-21 years old so the youth of today were not raised under the oppression of Adolf Hitler or Hirohito. I had history classes in school, but there is so much more than what is taught
in class. I believe history is learned by reading books and done lately in documentaries. One thing I learned studying WW-2 history was the music during the war, the big bands back then and individual songs. One vocal I love is "We'll meet again" This song was featured in the movie Casablanca, "As time goes by". A wonderful big band song I like is "In the Mood" another is "American Patrol" Another big band song "Moonlight Serenade"
Another thing I don't think is in any classroom history books is the man named Bob Hope. Bob started going overseas during Christmas time to entertain the troops during WW-2. Bob continued throughout the war in Europe and then in the south Pacific, going into combat zones to cheer up the troops. One thing that always concerned him was that he knew those young men and women in the audience might be dead in battle the very next day and never see home again. Bob went through the Korean war, the Vietnam war and until he was too old to continue. I was lucky enough to see him in January 1966 at Anderson air force base on Guam. I found his 1965 into January of 1966 show. We were the last stop on the tour. The link shows snippets of all the shows in Vietnam, Thailand, on board the USS Ticonderoga and Guam. The Guam snippet starts at 1:03 into the video and at 1:07 he is on stage with his bevy of beauties and just behind his left is Joey Heatherton (the blond) quite a gal back then. He was terrific. Bob always took glamours movie stars with him to show the troops why they were fighting. They ran the gambit from Marlene Dietrich to Raquel Welsh.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
Another thing I don't think is in any classroom history books is the man named Bob Hope. Bob started going overseas during Christmas time to entertain the troops during WW-2. Bob continued throughout the war in Europe and then in the south Pacific, going into combat zones to cheer up the troops. One thing that always concerned him was that he knew those young men and women in the audience might be dead in battle the very next day and never see home again. Bob went through the Korean war, the Vietnam war and until he was too old to continue. I was lucky enough to see him in January 1966 at Anderson air force base on Guam. I found his 1965 into January of 1966 show. We were the last stop on the tour. The link shows snippets of all the shows in Vietnam, Thailand, on board the USS Ticonderoga and Guam. The Guam snippet starts at 1:03 into the video and at 1:07 he is on stage with his bevy of beauties and just behind his left is Joey Heatherton (the blond) quite a gal back then. He was terrific. Bob always took glamours movie stars with him to show the troops why they were fighting. They ran the gambit from Marlene Dietrich to Raquel Welsh.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
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