Ed Swinney ©Stars and Stripes
Southeast Asia, December, 1965: Kaye Stevens, playing an Army nurse conducting sick call (hours: 8 to 8:05 a.m.), presents patient Bob Hope with a questionnaire to be filled out before he can be treated. Hope: "Thank heavens it's the short form." The sketch was part of Hope's annual Christmas show for U.S. troops; others in the cast included actress Carroll Baker, singers Jack Jones and Anita Bryant, comedian Jerry Colonna, and Miss USA Dianna Lynn Batts. Maj. Ed Swinney, who took the photo and wrote two feature stories (links below), was Stripes' executive officer at the time; in his previous assignment, he handled logistics for Hope's annual tours.

RELATED MATERIAL
¶ Click here for a collection of rehearsal, onstage and travel photos from the 1965 tour.
¶ Click here for a story about the 1965 tour.
¶ Click here for Ed Swinney's 1964 story about his experiences working with Bob Hope.
 

January, 2005
January 2, 2005: New Year's baby at Wiesbaden, Germany, 1951
January 1, 2005: Bono, during U2's Zooropa tour, 1993

December, 2004
December 31, 2004: Ringo Starr leading his All-Starr Band, 1992
December 30, 2004: President Ford stops in Japan on his way to China, 1975
December 29, 2004: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in Tokyo, 1965
December 28, 2004: Patrol at the border between West Germany and Czechoslovakia, 1974
December 27, 2004: Stevie Wonder at the Tokyo Music Festival, 1981
December 26, 2004: Winter training in Germany, 1967
December 25, 2004: Decorating a small Christmas tree at the Korean DMZ, 1967
December 24, 2004: Christmas season in Saigon, 1967
December 23, 2004: The crew of the USS Pueblo prepares to head home, 1968
December 22, 2004: Ike and Tina Turner onstage in Germany, 1971
December 21, 2004: Actress Olivia de Havilland at home in Paris, 1958
December 20, 2004: OV1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane over South Vietnam, 1971
December 19, 2004: Battle of the Bulge hero Gen. Anthony McAuliffe visits Stripes' office, 1955
December 18, 2004: Night patrol at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, 1961
December 17, 2004: The 1970s art-rock group Yes on a reunion tour, 1991
December 16, 2004: Extras feign horror during the filming of a King Kong movie, 1967
December 15, 2004: Phil Mahre skis to an Olympic gold medal in the slalom at Sarajevo, 1984
December 14, 2004: Singer Fats Domino, in Germany to entertain U.S. troops, 1967
December 13, 2004: Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, one of the heroes of the Battle of the Bulge, 1949
December 12, 2004: Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz visits Japan, 1974
December 11, 2004: Steve Kroft of CBS' 60 Minutes as a Stripes reporter in Vietnam, 1970
December 10, 2004: Defense Secretary Melvin Laird with Spain's Francisco Franco, 1970
December 9, 2004: Louis Armstrong plays at the opening of the Walker Hill Resort in Korea, 1963
December 8, 2004: Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle with two former enemies, 1974
December 7, 2004: Jazz great Dave Brubeck in Munich, 1966
December 6, 2004: Prince Charles and Princess Diana in Japan, 1986
December 5, 2004: Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, 1948
December 4, 2004: A greeting for actor Gary Cooper at the airport, 1956
December 3, 2004: Heart-transplant pioneer Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1968
December 2, 2004: Guitarist Eric Clapton onstage in Germany, 1983
December 1, 2004: Actress Raquel Welch dances with soldiers during a show in Vietnam, 1967

November, 2004
November 30, 2004: Olympic long jump champions Jesse Owens and Ralph Boston, 1960
November 29, 2004: Muppets creator Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog, 1986
November 28, 2004: New York Giants kicker Pete Gogolak in the U.S. Army, 1968
November 27, 2004: Sunset on the deck of the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean, 1970
November 26, 2004: Secretary of Defense James Forrestal and Gen. Lucius Clay, 1948
November 25, 2004: Thanksgiving time in Vietnam, 1967
November 24, 2004: Out for a winter stroll in Garmisch, Germany, 1974
November 23, 2004: Simon and Garfunkel on their reunion tour, 1982
November 22, 2004: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson performs in Germany, 1961
November 21, 2004: Walt Kelly, creator of the Pogo comic strip, 1965
November 20, 2004: World War II refugee children prepare to go home to Czechoslovakia, 1947
November 19, 2004: Robert Redford, in Japan on a promotional tour for The Natural, 1984
November 18, 2004: Recipients of Combat Infantryman's Badges for WWII, Korea and Vietnam, 1963
November 17, 2004: Richard Widmark gets help with a movie role from servicemembers, 1954
November 16, 2004: Col. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, 1978
November 15, 2004: Actress Maureen O'Hara and her husband, a noted aviator, 1969
November 14, 2004: Publishing magnate Henry R. Luce, 1954
November 13, 2004: A boy rides his scooter near the Berlin Wall, 1961
November 12, 2004: Mayor Willy Brandt welcomes Vice President Johnson to West Berlin, 1961
November 11, 2004: Berlin honor guard practices, 1961
November 10, 2004: Family living next to the Berlin Wall, 1966
November 9, 2004: An American MP halts a Soviet vehicle at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961
November 8, 2004: A West Berliner waves to a friend on the other side of the Wall, 1961
November 7, 2004: Comedian Morey Amsterdam, of The Dick Van Dyke Show fame, 1964
November 6, 2004: Charlie Manuel, as a player in the Japanese baseball league, 1979
November 5, 2004: Rod Stewart in concert at Tokyo's Budokan hall, 1981.
November 4, 2004: Children's TV icon "Mister Rogers" visits Okinawa, 1975
November 3, 2004: Gregory Peck, on the set of The Chairman at Taipei, 1968
November 2, 2004: Oberammergau residents relax amid the "Passion Play" commotion, 1950
November 1, 2004: Young spectator at a D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy, 1984

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