those vietnam christmas shows must have cost nbc a fortune
there's no way it would happen today.
shareUSO shows are taxpayer funded! I suspect NBC paid the entertainers.
https://www.newportri.com/story/news/history/2021/07/12/looking-back-our-history-bob-hope-patriotic-entertainer/7936790002/
Between 1941 and 1991, Hope made 57 tours for the USO, entertaining military personnel in WW II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War.
His tours were funded by the Department of Defense, his TV sponsors, and NBC, the network which broadcast the TV specials created from the shows.