The late Bob Hope had a lifelong commitment to our servicemen and women. No one entertained our troops like he did.
Hope s daughter, Linda, and his first female staff writer, Martha Bolton, are helping to share personal stories with letters from long ago in the new book Dear Bob: Bob Hope s Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II.
During World War II, Hope was often in dangerous territory, bringing laughter to the brave troops protecting our country. The servicemen wrote him all the time and his secretary carefully looked after those letters.
As a child, Hope s daughter Linda once asked his secretary: What s in those boxes?