Table of Contents
Foreword Linda Hope ix
Preface Martha Bolton XIII
Introduction 3
Dear Bob … We Got Drafted. How'd You Get Here? 6
Dear Bob … Drop Me a Few Lines, Will Ya? 23
Dear Bob … We Can Dream, Can't We? 41
Dear Bob … Thanks for Having Our Backs! 49
Dear Bob … Did I Really Sign Up for This? 53
Dear Bob … Here's What's Shakin' 58
Dear Bob … Greetings from the Foxhole 68
Dear Bob … Tell My Mom I Miss Her 74
Dear Bob … Just Had to Send It 81
Dear Bob … I'm Missing My Sweetheart 100
Dear Bob … How 'Bout It? 106
Dear Bob … Words Aren't Enough 115
Dear Bob … The Beaches Looked Better in the Brochure 135
Dear Bob … Remind the Folks Back Home to Do Their Part … and We'll Do Ours 153
Dear Bob … War Is Real 164
Dear Bob … Here's a Memory for You 179
Dear Bob … Where the Heck Are You? 189
Dear Bob … Nice of You to Drop In 201
Dear Bob … We Won't Be Home for Christmas 214
Dear Bob … Thanks for Being There 225
Dear Bob … V-E Day at Last! 246
Dear Bob … V-J Day… War's End 252
Dear Bob … Going Home 255
Bob Hope's World War II Appearances 293
Acknowledgments 296