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 <i>Saratoga</i> (CVA-60), off Gaeta, in Formia Bay, Italy, 22 December 1969.<br>The Bob Hope USO Tour performed at 1400 hrs. aboard <i>Saratoga</i> 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 <i>Saratoga</i>, USS <i>Little Rock</i> (CLG-4), five destroyers and a fleet oiler attended the event held in the carrier's hanger bay.
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Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k80000/k80498c.htm">K-80498</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>