Name: Jim Jondreau
Branch: U.S. Army, 1967–1968
Stationed at: Iron Triangle, Cu Chi, South Vietnam
Rating: Specialist E-5, Assistant to Communications Commander, 25th Infantry Division, HQ 125th Signal Battalion
When Miss World visited the troops with Bob Hope and Raquel Welch in 1967, Jim Jondreau served as an interpreter. Miss World spoke no English, but she did speak French—and so did Jim. That’s how Jim came to share a stage with Bob Hope.