Host Bob Hope welcomes and entertains the U.S. Armed Forces. Dinah Shore sings "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy," and the Andrews Sisters perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Spike Jones adds comedic jazz. Hope, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra provide laughs with a skit. Hope ends with a tribute to the troops, featuring a message from General Eisenhower.