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The USO also did shows in military hospitals, eventually entertaining more than 3 million wounded soldiers and sailors in 192 different hospitals. There were 702 different USO troupes that toured the world, some spending up to six months per tour. [22] In 1943, a United States Liberty ship named the SS U.S.O. was launched. She was scrapped in 1967.
The DeRidder USO opened November 28, 1941, was accepted by the United Service Organization on December 1, 1941, and served permanent party and visitor members of the armed services of the United States from DeRidder Army Air Base, as well as Camp Polk. [3] More than 500 USO's were built for our service men during World War II and some in ...
The USO recognizes all that our troops and their families do to protect the freedoms we, as Americans, enjoy daily. For nearly 75 years, the USO has been the only nonprofit organization committed ...
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
The Ruston USO is a historic building located at 212 North Trenton Street in Ruston, Louisiana. The Spanish Colonial Revival building served as the United Service Organizations (USO) center from 1943 to 1945. It served mostly Navy officers who were stationed at Louisiana Tech University and were in the V-12 program. The USO was run by Mrs ...
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Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) (IATA: UAM, ICAO: PGUA, FAA LID: UAM) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam. The host unit at Andersen AFB is the 36th Wing (36 WG), assigned to the Pacific Air Forces Eleventh Air Force. As a non-flying wing, the 36 WG's ...
Gilla Gerzon (Hebrew: גילה גרזון), known to many United States military personnel as the "mother of the 6th fleet," [1] [2] is an Israeli who served as director of the Haifa, Israel USO for almost eighteen years, from the time it opened in December 1984 [2] until it closed in September 2002 when U.S. security concerns for the region led to a sharp decrease in U.S. ship visits.