Image: Bob Hope with Eva Rueber-Staier during USO tour on USS Saratoga (CVA-60) 1969 (cropped)
Description: The entertainer Bob Hope on stage with Miss World 1969, Eva Rueber-Staier, during a Christmas show for servicemen held on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60), off Gaeta, in Formia Bay, Italy, 22 December 1969. The Bob Hope USO Tour performed at 1400 hrs. aboard Saratoga with Eva Rueber-Staier, Hollywood stars Connie Stevens, Suzanne Charny, the "Golddiggers", Ellen Farley, and Les Brown and his "Band of Renown". Over 6.000 Sixth Fleet sailors from Saratoga, USS Little Rock (CLG-4), five destroyers and a fleet oiler attended the event held in the carrier's hanger bay.
Title: Eva Rueber-Staier during USO tour, 1969
Credit: Official U.S. Navy photo K-80498 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author: USN
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