Thanks for the wisdom and honesty, Bob

AS a former US Marine living in Ireland I was saddened to learn of Bob Hope’s passing.

Just before Christmas 1967, he flew to southeast Asia with his USO entourage of musicians, comedians and comely young women.

As a member of the largest overseas deployment of US marines since Iwo Jima, it was Racquel Welch, Joey Heatherton and Miss World who we most appreciated coming up to entertain us in I Corps, south Vietnam's northern and most dangerous war zone.