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Princess Offers Home on Winward Oahu to the USO
Source: “Princess Offers Home on Winward Oahu to the USO.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 5 Feb. 1942, p. 14. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/128054491/
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No Admission Fee Will Be Charged for USO Shows
Source: “No Admission Fee Will Be Charged for USO Shows.” Burlington Daily News, 10 Mar. 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/burlington-daily-news/134520727/
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USO Shows Make Military Happy
Source: “USO Shows Make Military Happy.” The Spokesman-Review, 12 Apr. 1942, p. 39. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/134520528/
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USO Letter
Many of the key foot soldiers in the USO’s mission were women who were “charged with providing friendly diversion for U.S. troops who were mostly men in their teens and twenties.” USO centers throughout the world recruited female volunteers to serve doughnuts, dance and just talk with the troops. USO historian Julia Carson writes that…
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266 Entertainers Tour Uncle Sam’s Vast Vaudeville Circuit
Source: “266 Entertainers Tour Uncle Sam”™s Vast Vaudeville Circuit.” Evening Star, 14 Apr. 1943, p. 26. https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star/134520954/
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USO-Camp Shows Bring Laughter and Fun to Overseas Fighting Men
Source: “USO-Camp Shows Bring Laughter and Fun to Overseas Fighting Men.” The Daily Telegram, 13 Oct. 1943, p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegram/134521253/
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Entertainers Travel Rough and Perilous Circuit Taking USO-Camp Shows To Remote Fighting Fronts
Source: “Entertainers Travel Rough and Perilous Circuit Taking USO-Camp Shows To Remote Fighting Fronts.” Springfield Monitor, 22 June 1944, p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-monitor/138110745/
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TIME CAPSULE: USO 06.23.1944
By VE Day, the USO was putting on 700 shows per day all around the world and, by the end of the war, had sent over 7,300 entertainers overseas to perform for the troops. Together, they put on an estimated 420,000 performances for over 130 million service member attendees. Source: “USO Camp Shows, D-Day and Entertaining…
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USO Shows Overseas Record
Source: “USO Shows Overseas Record.” The Edinburg Daily Courier, 14 May 1945, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edinburg-daily-courier/134521487/