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U.S.O. Entertainment Lifts Troops Overseas With Top Acts
The U S O carried a slice of home to troops overseas through traveling shows featuring Bob Hope Carole Landis Joe E Brown Kay Francis and other top radio and Hollywood names. Venues from vaudeville to night clubs sent singers dancers magicians ventriloquists and swing bands to hundreds of overseas outposts. The program boosted morale aiding wartime gains and easing loneliness for millions of soldiers far from home, a value military leaders recognize.
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