You were very fortunate to have met her. I saw that she traveled with Bob Hope on his USO tours to Vietnam in the 60's. My brother was with the 25th Infantry Division, and was stationed in Cu Chi 1966-67. The day Bob Hope did his Christmas Special in 1966, my brother missed the show because he was out on patrol with his platoon.
Bob Hope? OK....
Again, many years ago I was at an event in Houston, an auto show. My buddy and I were walking by a room where there was a guy on stage. It was Bob Hope. The room was basically empty but he did his thing on stage then came down and talked to us. He was so nice and friendly. The way he performed you would have thought the place was packed. I never found out why he was there and why nobody seemed to know that he was on stage.
A funny tidbit about Bob Hope. He had been all over the world but Hope once told Phil Donahue that his favorite view anywhere was from the Warwick Hotel (now Hotel Zaza) in Houston.