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Bob Hope, the legendary star who entertained millions of troops over a span of five decades, is now immortalized in bronze as part of a military tribute artwork called “A National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military.”
The artwork is located at the Port of San Diego’s G Street Mole, south of the USS Midway Museum. It also includes 15 life-sized bronze figures representing servicemen and women from the five branches of the military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Those sculptures were installed in the park in late 2006, but the Bob Hope figure was still in production.
Now that the artwork is complete, the Port of San Diego can officially dedicate it. A ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8 at the G Street Mole. Two of Hope’s children, Linda Hope and Kelly Hope, will join Board of Port Commissioners Vice Chair Robert “Dukie” Valderrama, Rear Admiral Len Hering, Commander, Navy Region Southwest and the men of Taffy 3, a group of World War II veterans who helped raise the money needed for the artwork.
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