Hope

"And now the American Forces Network brings you Bob Hope and his rendition of "Thanks for the Memory."

"Ironic choice," Kinch said to Hogan as they helped their liberators process the next batch of prisoners. "Weird timing."

"That song talks about happy memories. Reckon your men would prefer to forget their time here," said an American lieutenant.

"You don't know the half of it," Newkirk muttered.

"We were very lucky, Lieutenant," Hogan interjected. "Klink followed the Geneva Convention. All I hope for is that the world doesn't forget what happened."

And that my men eventually get the recognition they deserve.


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Bob Hope's signature song, Thanks for the Memory was composed by Ralph Rainger. Leo Robin was the lyricist.

It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross.

While conducting research for RAMPs, I discovered that Hope performed at Camp Lucky Strike. I went back online, and after a quick look around yesterday, I couldn't find an exact date, although I do recall reading about it in a few memoirs.

Our family used to gather around the one TV (TV specials were events back then) and watched Hope's USO shows together. This was during the Vietnam War. (-yes, memories! I'm sure they watched him before I was born or too young to recall his USO shows and variety specials.)