Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS, , was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, author, and athlete. He was noted for his numerous United Service Organizations shows entertaining American military personnel—he made 57 tours for the USO between 1941 and 1991. Throughout his long career, he was honored for this work. In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."