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How does one even begin to pay tribute so someone like her?\u00a0 “Lost for words” is the best I can come up with.\u00a0 Her passing at 82 seems much to early.<\/p>\n

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Probably her most iconic photo of all, the woman was simply breathtaking.\u00a0 When other, lesser women, were planning trips to support and comfort our enemies she travelled to support and comfort our own troops.<\/p>\n

When we got closer to our destination, a stage that looked like a small dot at this point, Raquel thought it seemed empty. Big tears came to her eyes. She lifted my earphone and said, \u201cWe came all the way to Vietnam, and no one showed up!\u201d But then the chopper started to drop from the sky as part of its combat approach. As it hovered for a few seconds before heading for the pad, the hillsides started to move. Soon, Raquel faced 65,000 cheering soldiers. The hand-painted sign above the stage read, \u201cWELCOME TO THE 1967 BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOW.\u201d Now she really started to cry.<\/p>\n

From the moment we landed, with Raquel jumping into the waiting arms of the two largest Marine MPs on earth, her life changed forever. All the teasing she\u2019d faced when she was younger\u2014for her funny name, or \u201cforeign\u201d looks, or \u201cbird legs\u201d\u2014disappeared. Here were 65,000 guys who loved her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Please take the time to visit this great article from Patrick Curtis.<\/p>\n

A Quick Story About That Time Raquel Welch Visited Vietnam in 1967<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Stunning till the end, she will be missed.<\/p>\n

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