Impossible Dream
1968 · Christell 918 C 2828 · USA
- Artist
- Bob & Becky Vernon
- Title
- Impossible Dream
- Release
- Mission to Vietnam
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Christell # 918 C 2828
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Western Classical Music · Choral · Church Music
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
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
Notes
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…
Themes
From the release Mission to Vietnam
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]