Wiesbaden, Germany, December 1948: Among the many many celebrities readily available for the 1948 Christmas Cavalcade tour of U.S. bases in Europe have been organizer Bob Hope, actress Irene Ryan (later generally known as Granny Clampett within the “Beverly Hillbillies” TV present) and World Conflict II Medal of Honor recipient Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. A lot of the group’s time was spent entertaining troops concerned with the Berlin Airlift.