Bob Hope USO Christmas Special from the Persian Gulf - #6 Final

Bob Hope's USO Christmas Special from the
Persian Gulf - Around the World in Eight Days
USS Okinawa (LPH-3) Final, December 25, 1987
This is the first segment that was aired on AFRTS
channel 8 on Diego Garcia BIOT - January 10, 1988
at 8:30 am.
To date this is the only known recording of over-the-air
AFRTS network broadcast from this small island in the northern Indian Ocean.
Wanted to get this posted on UA-cam to share with
everyone before the VHS tape degrades further after
25 years in storage.
Channel 8 - ERP 250 watts.
Channel 10 - ERP 100 watts.

[@billhuber2964]

Bob hope . gone but not forgotten .

[@93seronica]

He died when I was 9 years old

[@TVrabbitears]

Great to to see the Greats again and a glimpse of the Okinawa.....again.

[@kmaassociates7999]

American Warriors and high caliber, high class Entertainment. God help us if we ever allow either to vanish from our lives !

[@byronmartin5969]

I agree...

[@lindakatherinelyles8508]

Love the old memories!

[@craigthomas9476]

you know if someone would run these shows through a computer you could make the picture a bit darker you should get a hold of the people who did these show 25 years ago and get them to try to restore these programs and put it together to make one huge program once clraned up people would buy this program don't you think just for the memories and bob hope think it over

[@omahaL98]

Yes agreed with crag Thomas, at least restore the video to at least see clearly

[@walterbosch9198]

Of all the bob Hope's shows this lighting is awful. Why .

[@someonezmom]

is the first gal Barbara Eden? hard to tell with the lighting

[@GACTVDX]

Yes that is her in the gold dress