Miles, Morale, and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII

TVC 691.3: Ed welcomes Tim Gray, award-winning documentary filmmaker, founder of The World War II Foundation, and the producer and director of Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II, a new documentary about Bob Hope and his dedication to entertaining the troops of World War II. Narrated by Gary Sinise, the documentary features insight and commentary from Linda Hope, Bob Hope’s daughter; Joe Colonna, grandson of Jerry Colonna, Hope’s aide de camp during the World War II years; many World War II historians and World War II veterans; plus some of the many letters written to Hope by our service men and women and/or their families. Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II is scheduled to air on more than three hundred PBS stations over the next few weeks. Check your local listings for time and channel. You can also enjoy it on demand at PBS.org or by downloading the PBS app. For more on the World War II Foundation, go to wwiifoundation.org. For more on the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation and the Bob Hope Legacy, go to BobHope.org.