Richard Zoglin is working on a biography of Bob Hope, which he hopes to be the definitive account of Hope’s life and work (the publisher in Simon & Schuster), and an important part of the book will deal with his many travels entertaining the troops in Vietnam.

Zoglin is interested in hearing from anyone who was involved in planning and working out the logistics of those Hope tours: i.e., determining where he would go, planning the security, physically getting him and his crew from place to place, etc.

He is also interested in hearing from anyone who has reminiscences of seeing (and perhaps meeting) Hope on those tours. Were they important morale boosters? Or, as the war became more controversial, were there some negative feelings?

If you would like to assist Richard Zoglin by sharing your recollections of Bob Hope in Vietnam, email him at richard_zoglin@timemagazine.com