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Title: Bob Hope on stage in Korea
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950-10
Publication Information: Pepperdine University Libraries
The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr. [digital resource], Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Rights Information: Copyright to photographs in this collection is retained by Pepperdine University. Images are intended for educational and research use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Organizations and individuals seeking to use images for publication should contact Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives.
Description: Although Williams did not take this photo, it was a part of his collection. Bob Hope entertains the troops during an October 1950 USO tour in Korea. Hope had convince General Douglas MacArthur to authorize the tour even through UN forces had retaken the peninsula only weeks earlier.
complete;
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: will00680.tif
http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll5/id/684
Subject: Military life
Military personnel
War
USO clubs
Entertainers
Celebrities
Comedians
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korea (South)
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
University Archives
Source: Hanson A. Williams, Jr. Collection of Photographs and Negatives 0017: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r78g0k
Black and white photographic print, 4 x 5 inches;
Relation: The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Sub-series 1.3: Military

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