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Release Mission to Vietnam
Year 1968
Label Christell # 918 C 2828
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language English
Songs here 5 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Bob & Becky Vernon, Mission to Vietnam; cite each song by its SongID

Mission to Vietnam

1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA
5 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Patriotic.
Annotation
The album Mission to Vietnam, recorded August and September 1967 in Vietnam. Released c. 1968.

Bob & Becky Vernon (father and daughter). take a tour of Vietnam, report on the trip, and then sing songs for the troops. Morale building. From Springfield, Missouri. Robert Vernon, married to Patricia Vernon.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
1.
1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA · Mission to Vietnam

Christell 918 C 2828, "Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", with the Christell Incorporated "Christian Communications - Need of All Nations" globe logo; the front cover describes it as "A drama-packed narration describing the highlights of a Dad and Daughter tour in Vietnam" over a photograph of the pair walking through grass towards a United States Army helicopter. The back, "Pictorial Highlights of Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", shows Bob and Becky Vernon performing on board U.S.S. Tutuilla, preparing to board a chopper, Bob in a flight helmet keeping lookout, a visit with Chaplain Hargrove after chapel service, Commander Shea and a seabee looking on as Becky prepares to christen a ship, a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong, and Escort Officer Captain Lillvik with Becky and Captain Bondurant. "For additional albums or information about The Vernons, write: Christell, Inc., 2256 Mayfair, Springfield, Missouri 65804." No tracklist, times or year are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
2.
1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA · Mission to Vietnam

Christell 918 C 2828, "Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", with the Christell Incorporated "Christian Communications - Need of All Nations" globe logo; the front cover describes it as "A drama-packed narration describing the highlights of a Dad and Daughter tour in Vietnam" over a photograph of the pair walking through grass towards a United States Army helicopter. The back, "Pictorial Highlights of Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", shows Bob and Becky Vernon performing on board U.S.S. Tutuilla, preparing to board a chopper, Bob in a flight helmet keeping lookout, a visit with Chaplain Hargrove after chapel service, Commander Shea and a seabee looking on as Becky prepares to christen a ship, a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong, and Escort Officer Captain Lillvik with Becky and Captain Bondurant. "For additional albums or information about The Vernons, write: Christell, Inc., 2256 Mayfair, Springfield, Missouri 65804." No tracklist, times or year are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
3.
1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA · Mission to Vietnam

Christell 918 C 2828, "Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", with the Christell Incorporated "Christian Communications - Need of All Nations" globe logo; the front cover describes it as "A drama-packed narration describing the highlights of a Dad and Daughter tour in Vietnam" over a photograph of the pair walking through grass towards a United States Army helicopter. The back, "Pictorial Highlights of Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", shows Bob and Becky Vernon performing on board U.S.S. Tutuilla, preparing to board a chopper, Bob in a flight helmet keeping lookout, a visit with Chaplain Hargrove after chapel service, Commander Shea and a seabee looking on as Becky prepares to christen a ship, a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong, and Escort Officer Captain Lillvik with Becky and Captain Bondurant. "For additional albums or information about The Vernons, write: Christell, Inc., 2256 Mayfair, Springfield, Missouri 65804." No tracklist, times or year are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
4.
1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA · Mission to Vietnam

Christell 918 C 2828, "Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", with the Christell Incorporated "Christian Communications - Need of All Nations" globe logo; the front cover describes it as "A drama-packed narration describing the highlights of a Dad and Daughter tour in Vietnam" over a photograph of the pair walking through grass towards a United States Army helicopter. The back, "Pictorial Highlights of Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", shows Bob and Becky Vernon performing on board U.S.S. Tutuilla, preparing to board a chopper, Bob in a flight helmet keeping lookout, a visit with Chaplain Hargrove after chapel service, Commander Shea and a seabee looking on as Becky prepares to christen a ship, a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong, and Escort Officer Captain Lillvik with Becky and Captain Bondurant. "For additional albums or information about The Vernons, write: Christell, Inc., 2256 Mayfair, Springfield, Missouri 65804." No tracklist, times or year are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic
5.
1968 · Album · Christell # 918 C 2828 · USA · Mission to Vietnam

Christell 918 C 2828, "Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", with the Christell Incorporated "Christian Communications - Need of All Nations" globe logo; the front cover describes it as "A drama-packed narration describing the highlights of a Dad and Daughter tour in Vietnam" over a photograph of the pair walking through grass towards a United States Army helicopter. The back, "Pictorial Highlights of Bob and Becky's Mission to Vietnam", shows Bob and Becky Vernon performing on board U.S.S. Tutuilla, preparing to board a chopper, Bob in a flight helmet keeping lookout, a visit with Chaplain Hargrove after chapel service, Commander Shea and a seabee looking on as Becky prepares to christen a ship, a bridge blown up by the Viet Cong, and Escort Officer Captain Lillvik with Becky and Captain Bondurant. "For additional albums or information about The Vernons, write: Christell, Inc., 2256 Mayfair, Springfield, Missouri 65804." No tracklist, times or year are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Theme: Patriotic