Thread: Celebrites Who Went To Vietnam To Entertain The Troops, And The One That Didn't.

~ Celebrities Who Went To Vietnam To Entertain The Troops ~

* Bob Hope
* Rocky Marciano
* Rocky Graziano
* Tony Zale
* Joey Heatherton
* Ann-Margaret
* Connie Stevens
* Jerry Cologna

Oh, so many 'Good' Americans went to give support to the boys, despite their personal feelings
about the Vietnam Conflict.

It was about giving 'more' of one's self. It was not about 'them' , as it was about the boys and
young me in the United States Military.

These were the 'real' unsung heroes. As they gave their time and support, without asking for
any fan-fare.

Bob Hope and Connie Stevens

Yes Bill, they did a wonderful service for the troops, but what are you getting at here. Perhaps you are a Vietnam vet and might further explain your Ali fixation, why did you go to Vietnam Bill, did the Vietnamese call you a racial slur.

Originally Posted by walrus

Yes Bill, they did a wonderful service for the troops, but what are you getting at here. Perhaps you are a Vietnam vet and might further explain your Ali fixation, why did you go to Vietnam Bill, did the Vietnamese call you a racial slur.

Who didn't want to go to Vietnam to see Ann-Margaret.

Here, Ann is smiling at the Troops, both high and 'low'.

Ali was a war hero because he did not go.

Originally Posted by Master

Ali was a war hero because he did not go.

OK. If you say so.

Joey Heatherton in Vietnam

Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom

Originally Posted by Master

Ali was a war hero because he did not go.

OK. If you say so.

Joey Heatherton in Vietnam

I have my fun with Master; but he is spot here. He was the leading celebrity face that helped end a slaughter, and show the futility of a dreadful conflict.

Originally Posted by Britkid

Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom

Originally Posted by Master

Ali was a war hero because he did not go.

OK. If you say so.

Joey Heatherton in Vietnam

I have my fun with Master; but he is spot here. He was the leading celebrity face that helped end a slaughter, and show the futility of a dreadful conflict.

Therefore Ali was a great humanitarian who opposed an unjust war and made a nation see the utter waste of life lost in Vietnam. True hero who gave up his world title, money and fame for what he believed. Amazing man.

Raquel Welch in Vietnam

Raquel Welch was amAAAAAAzing

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Raquel Welch was amAAAAAAzing

Word Has It,

That Cassius Clay was 'afraid' of pretty white women in Vietnam.

Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Raquel Welch was amAAAAAAzing

Word Has It,

That Cassius Clay was 'afraid' of pretty white women in Vietnam.

I am sure Ali would have shagged them if he went but we know he did the right thing and not go.

Originally Posted by walrus

Yes Bill, they did a wonderful service for the troops, but what are you getting at here. Perhaps you are a Vietnam vet and might further explain your Ali fixation, why did you go to Vietnam Bill, did the Vietnamese call you a racial slur.

Yes Walrus... Bill was a Vietnam vet. He went to all the shows, and snapped all those pictures himself. He had made a special place in his little scrapbook for the Ali photos he was going to put there when The Greatest showed up and did a little shadowboxing for the troops. Unfortunately, Ali refused to be drafted, and Billy's scrapbook pages reserved for Ali went empty. Billy's heart was broken... but the sadness soon turned to anger. Once Billy returned to the States, he went to all of Ali's fights... but only to BOO and call Ali by his slave name. Before being hauled off by Ali's bodyguards, Billy swore to Ali that if there was ever something invented called the Internet, and if in that Internet there was ever something called a Boxing Forum..... that Billy would join and forever maintain a hate crusade the likes of which the world had never seen.

The rest, as they say..... is history.

Lola Folana in Vietnam


Lola Folana >
"When I came back from Vietnam, I went on to perform in Las Vegas. While I was there, I saw
Cassius Clay. He ran up to me while I was on stage. I thought that he was going to say Hi, and
give me a big hug and a kiss."

"Instead, he called me a N***** White Serving Slave."

"I was shocked, and I started to cry. Why would he say that to me."

"Then I looked back at him, and he walked back to this table with a bunch of big-shots sitting
there. A bunch of lawyers and money men. They were all 'WHITE''. "

Ann Margaret ~ Christmas in Vietnam 1968 ~

Ann Margaret > "Gee, I'm not sure why some well-known sports figure wouldn't want to be here."

Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom

Lola Folana in Vietnam


Lola Folana >
"When I came back from Vietnam, I went on to perform in Las Vegas. While I was there, I saw
Cassius Clay. He ran up to me while I was on stage. I thought that he was going to say Hi, and
give me a big hug and a kiss."

"Instead, he called me a N***** White Serving Slave."

"I was shocked, and I started to cry. Why would he say that to me."

"Then I looked back at him, and he walked back to this table with a bunch of big-shots sitting
there. A bunch of lawyers and money men. They were all 'WHITE''. "

Yeah, that evil Muhammad.....
In fact, they've remained bitter enemies to this day.