A LETTER FROM BING: DECEMBER 20, 1944

Here is a letter than Bing wrote during World War II. Even during the war, Bing was still reaching out to his fans...

FLASHBACK: 1944

July 10, 1944...

Bing Crosby was the headline attraction at the Super-Star Bond Show held at Atascadero Golf Club. Bing played the crowd of 600 bond buyers at the microphone and then played the course in a nine-hole exhibition. He was one of the best golfers. After the war his golf tournament, the Crosby Clambake, up in Carmel would become famous.

Other celebrities included golf trick shot artist "Mysterious" Montague, welterweight boxer Jimmy McLarnin, heavyweight boxer Jim Jeffries and football player Bronko Nagurski...

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