Russell Islands, 3rd Batallion 7th Marines - Bob Hope USO Troupe Visits

Russell Islands, 3rd Batallion 7th Marines - Bob Hope USO Troupe Visits Aug-Sep44 Religious service with men singing choir. Plane lands on airstrip and Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna out & greeted. Bob Hope performs for GIs w/ Tony Romano. Audience laughing. Patty Thomas dances on stage. Frances Langford sings. GI dances w/ Thomas on stage. 81mm mortars being set up and fired. Firing shoulder mortar / bazooka. Spraying tent material w/ DDT (?). Firing shoulder mortar. Picking up pieces of shell. USO Show; Pacific; WWII; WW2; Weapons; 1944; Grainy & often underexposed