FORMER SAFETY DIRECTOR PART OF BOB HOPE TV SPECIAL posted 3/20/03

Harry McNeer, former AC Campus Safety Director and current German conversational class instructor, will be featured on a two-hour, prime time TV show that will honor Bob Hope's 100th birthday. It is scheduled to air April 20 on NBC.

Much of the program concerns Hope's tours with the USO to entertain American troops abroad during various wars and conflicts. When McNeer found out the show's producers were looking for veterans who had been photographed with Hope and had a story to tell, he contacted them in Los Angeles. Shortly after, a freelance film crew showed up at his house and videotaped an interview.

McNeer met the famous entertainer in Vietnam, during Hope's 1968 Christmas tour. What brought McNeer to Hope's attention was the photo McNeer had with him at the time (which Hope is pointing to in the photo here). The 1944 photo shows McNeer's father, who was photographed with Hope in France during World War II.