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The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is an American nonprofit-charitable corporation that provides live entertainment, such as comedians, actors and musicians, social facilities, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
FiftiesWeb – History, fashion, music, classic TV and more; WWW-VL: 1950s History; The 1950s Week-By-Week includes news, trends & pop culture; Hollywood and The Movies During the 1950s; The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s; Remembering The 50s: Take a trip back to yesteryear and those fabulous fifties
November 10 – A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device lacked its plutonium core). November 11 – The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay liberation organization.
1940 – Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts; 1940 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100; 1940 – U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president
[49] [50] [51] The 1942 film The Arm Behind the Army showed how important home support of the war was. [citation needed] [52] [53] [54] Bob Hope volunteered with the United Service Organizations (USO) and entertained troops during World War II and for decades later (1941 to 1991). Hope brought many Hollywood stars with him on his USO tours. [55]
In 'The Parrot and the Igloo,' David Lipsky — author of books on West Point and David Foster Wallace — turns his attention to climate-change denial. Let him explain
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .
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 ...