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Hall of Famer Jim McKeand recounts the Christmas performance in Alaska:

My freshman year at Christmas, did the Bob Hope USO show in Alaska…that was 56 Christmas of 56. And to do that, we had to fly military aircraft which you know, the seats are not built for comfort. And we pick that airplane up some at some air force base in Indiana, and flew to Seattle. And then from Seattle up to Anchorage. I think it’s Seattle, we got winter clothing, and then and then went to Anchorage from there. And we actually would rehearse or performed during the middle of the day. And except for one day where we went touring and actually saw Mount McKinley without clouds over the top, which is kind of unusual. Never saw the sun. I mean, because it was dark. When we went into rehearsal. It was dark when we came out of rehearsal. So that was that was an experience.