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  1. Feb 8, 2022 · USO has been entertaining the troops since World War II and continues to this day. USO tours team up with the country's brightest entertainers to help boost morale and connect service members to their personal heroes while they are away from home.

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      Iliza Schlesinger shares a meal with service members in...

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      Cassadee Pope got a chance to thank service members in...

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      Oct 14, 2015 'It Still Feels Kind of Surreal': USO, Carla...

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      Since her very first USO tour, USO has been proud to count...

  2. Feb 24, 2020 · In a 1944 story on the USO’s phenomenal success, the New York Times claimed Anniston was the site of the first service center. The Anniston Star printed stories in mid-1941 about a successful USO funding campaign and later said the YMCA quarters became a USO club, but the precise date of that shift remains a mystery.

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    • The Uso During World War II
    • Korean War and Vietnam War
    • Desert Storm and Other Conflicts
    • Iraq and Afghanistan Wars – and Today

    A few months before the United States’ official entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was already creating a support system for the nation’s Armed Forces. Bringing together the Salvation Army, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), the National Catholic Community Service, the...

    In 1947, two years after the end of World War II, the USO’s future seemed uncertain. The organization was “honorably discharged” by President Truman, and to the history books, it appeared that the USO closed its doors and was inactive for several years. However, USO records show that government officials were concerned about what the disappearance ...

    As the world moved into the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, the United States engaged in a series of conflicts and peacekeeping missions. Most notable of these, which the USO provided support for, were the Gulf War, Operation Joint Endeavour and Operation Restore Hope. Throughout these conflicts and missions, the USO pivoted ...

    September 11, 2001, changed everything. The United States entered the Global War on Terror and the military community was suddenly faced with new challenges and missions overseas. Since 2001, more than 2.77 million service members have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan on 5.4 million deployments – and over half of those who have deployed have done s...

  4. Jul 13, 2021 · Led by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, the USO tour kicked off on June 27 with its only international stop in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before traveling to seven continental U.S. locations over the following week.

  5. Sep 13, 2018 · Military families enjoyed a free performance by Florida Georgia Line and Adam Devine during the World’s Biggest USO Tour, a live entertainment experience at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., Sept. 12, 2018, bringing the USO mission to life and paying tribute to service members around the world.

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