Commemorating its 80th anniversary this year, the United Service Organizations, or USO, provides support for personnel from the American military and its allies that extends far past the familiar i…
, or USO, provides support for personnel from the American military and its allies that extends far past the familiar images of entertainers including Bob Hope eliciting laughter from soldiers.
Social reformer Mary Ingraham answered Roosevelt’s call, bringing together six civilian organizations under the USO banner. “The USO’s role is really to keep them understanding that the country is behind them, and that the American people are behind them,” Crouch says. “The entertainment piece is important in that these are the people that so many Americans look up to and want to emulate, so it gives them that sense that they’re connected,” he says.
“For me, there is so much value in these events as we’re able to bring a piece of home through love, laughs and entertainment. And they are an important reminder of what we’re fighting for — both abroad and at home.” “First of all, you have to separate the people in our military from whatever you believe about what little you think you know about a mission,” she says. “And I’m very supportive of men and women who are unselfishly sacrificing their time with their loved ones and in many cases their lives so that we have the freedom to criticize whatever we want.”
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