Major Howard “Scrappy” Johnson (above) set a world altitude record, when 
he reached 91,243 feet, flying a Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter, from Edwards
AFB in California. In recognition of the record, then Vice President Richard
M. Nixon presented him with the Robert J. Collier trophy for aeronautical
achievement.

Three months after the USO was founded, Bob Hope led a group of celebrities
to perform for airmen stationed at March Field (now March Air Force Base) in California—the beginning of a great tradition.

Camille Bohannon

Sandy Kozel

Casey Kasem on the air at WJBK in Detroit

Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem 

Former radio personality Casey Kasem is best known for being the host
of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40
and for playing the character Shaggy in the Saturday morning cartoon
franchise Scooby-Doo on CBS/ABC (1969-1986). Before fame, Kasem
served in the U.S. Army in Korea.