The War: Seeing Things Through

Much of the news and photographs coming out of Viet Nam last week dealt with some veteran troupers — rather than troops. Playing to as many as 15,000 men in Pleiku and Cam Ranh Bay, Comic Bob Hope marked his 25th year entertaining U.S. servicemen in the field with some well-received variations on well-known routines. Sample: "You Catholics will be glad to know you can now eat Spam on Fridays." Traveling much the same circuit during his first Viet Nam visit, Evangelist Billy Graham was astounded at the size of his turnouts. When...

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