Did Hope beat the Marines ashore at Wosan Amphib op?
The Rumor Doctor sends us a link to his latest investigation;
From World War II to the first Gulf War, you could find Bob Hope wherever U.S. troops were fighting. But was the entertainer so omnipresent that Marines landing at the east coast of North Korea in 1950 waded ashore, ready for battle, only to find that Hope and a USO show were already there?
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Category: War Stories
Thanks, for the mammories…
Kind of like when the SEALs went ashore in Somalia only to be met by a bunch of reporters flashing their bright camera lights in their face. Nothing like lighting up a target for the bad guys.
That would be Wonsan, right?