CELEBRITIES @ WAR
Helton Hall
Entertainment at the base of Mount Louisa in Townsville by
John Wayne, Joe E. Brown, Gary Cooper, Una Merkel and Phyllis Brook
90th Bomb Group
Receives visits from Bob Hope, Carole Landis, and
Jack Benny
Celebrities visit the
3rd Bomb Group
Receives visits from Gary Cooper, Phyliss Brooks, Una Merkle at Doba Dura
and
Bob Hope, Francis Langford, Jerry Colona, Patty Thomas and Judith Anderson at
Hollandia
General MacArthur rescued from Townsville
Lyndon Baynes Johnson's time
in Townsville
The 36th President of the United States
stayed at Buchanan's Hotel during WW2
Lyndon Baynes Johnson
Takes part in a bombing raid on Lae
This bombing raid was flown out of Townsville via Port Moresby
Lyndon Baynes Johnson in a
crash landing
of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Carisbrooke Station
"Bluey" Truscott crash lands at Townsville
Major Richard Ira
Bong
The 5th Air Forces' Ace of Aces
Charles
Lindbergh
Helps the 5th Air Force
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