* April 1988: Red Army members bombed the US military recreational ( USO ) club in Naples, Italy, killing five.

The museum started out as a USO Club location and is the only remaining original club location left in the United States.

The USO was in Vietnam before the first combat troops arrived, with the first USO club opened in Saigon in April 1963.

In 2009, Stephen Colbert performing his last episode of weeklong taping in Iraq for his The Colbert Report show, carried a golf club on stage and dedicated it to Bob Hope's service for the USO.

The old Belasco Theater, over which many people had grown sentimental, was only a shell of its former self after arduous years as a USO Center.

Kaye was asked to participate in a USO tour following the end of World War II.

Originating in a USO activity created by Canadian Don Reid for World War II soldiers, the game was developed into a radio show by Reid and John Moses.

The location is especially noteworthy not only since Carmen Miranda's footprints are preserved in concrete at the Chinese Theater's famous collection, but in remembrance of an impromptu performance at a nearby Hollywood Boulevard intersection on V-J Day where she was joined by a throng of servicemen from the nearby USO.

In addition, the YMCA was one of seven organisations that helped to found the USO during World War II.

* In the same month, JRA operative Yū Kikumura was arrested with explosives on the New Jersey Turnpike highway, apparently to coincide with the USO bombing.

Col. Bob Gates, Bob Hope's USO pilot, was key in getting the comedian's support for the undertaking, as well as lending his name and prestige to the project.

On a lighter note, entertainer Bob Hope's first USO show was held at March on 6 May 1941.

The Butner-Creedmoor News-The local newspaper company based on Main Street Creedmoor was established in 1965 inside of the former USO building on Main Street used during World War II.

The song was inspired by actual reservists from Johnstown whom Hawkins met during a USO sponsored performance at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D. C.

A USO building was constructed on its site.

Brown's father was a dockhand who directed the local church choir, but the young Ruth showed more interest in singing at USO shows and nightclubs.

The “ Gunny ” was a member and frequent visitor of the Toledo, Ohio Jewish Serviceman's USO Club sponsored by the National Jewish Welfare Board ( NJWB ) in 1943 as indicated by his registration card coded as a NON-JEW with a hole punched in the top left hand corner.

was produced by the U. S. Army Office of Special Services as a " blueprint special " to boost the morale of soldiers located where USO shows could not visit.

In 1950 Revue Productions, once a live concert subsidiary that produced " Stage Door Canteen " live events for the USO during World War II, was re-launched as MCA's television production subsidiary.

Bolger toured in USO shows with Joe E. Lewis in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and was featured in the United Artists war-time film Stage Door Canteen.

Involvement in the USO was one of the many ways in which the nation had come together to support the war effort, with nearly 1. 5 million Americans having volunteered their services in some way.

Hollywood in general was eager to show its patriotism, and many famous celebrities joined the ranks of USO entertainers.

The USO was founded in 1941 in response to a request from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide morale and recreation services to U. S. uniformed military personnel.

" According to historian Emily Yellin, " The government was to build the buildings and the USO was to raise private funds to carry out its main mission: boosting the morale of the military.

The USO was incorporated in New York February 4, with the first facility erected in DeRidder, Louisiana, 1941.

:" The story of USO camp shows belongs to the American people, for it was their contribution that made it possible.

An MGM film, Mr. Gardenia Jones, created to assist the USO in its fundraising campaign, was nearly withdrawn from theaters due to objections by the War Department.

In addition, the USO operated centers at major U. S. airports to provide a lounge and place to sleep for American servicemen between their flights.

Most of the video takes place at a USO dance where the band is performing, but, often switches over to a D-Day scene, in which the band members play as United States soldiers in fierce combat.

He would perform for troops in January 2002 on an MTV USO Special at Germany's Ramstein Air Base along with Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez.

He has quietly made numerous trips with the USO, and on his own, to play concerts for soldiers overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait.

The National Cartoonists Society had its origins during World War II when cartoonists Gus Edson, Otto Soglow, Clarence D. Russell, Bob Dunn and others did chalk talks at hospitals for the USO in 1943.

He also serves on the boards of Aon Corporation, John Deere, the USO and holds the Colin L. Powell Chair for National Security, Leadership, Character and Ethics at the National Defense University.

He worked as a civilian flight instructor for the Army, and toured with a United Service Organisation ( USO ) South Pacific troupe in 1944.

The jerseys were later sold in auctions to raise money for the USO of Illinois.

They did 18 USO Tours for American troops around the world, and entertained over three million people.

During two extended tours for the USO in 1944 and 1945, she performed for Allied troops on the front lines in Algeria, Italy, England and France and went into Germany with Generals James M. Gavin and George S. Patton.

Barris also made several attempts through the years at non-game formats, such as ABC's Operation Entertainment, a variety show staged at military bases akin to USO shows ; a CBS revival of Your Hit Parade ; and The Bobby Vinton Show, a Canadian-based syndicated variety show for singer Bobby Vinton ( produced in conjunction with Chris Bearde and Allan Blye ).

More USO centers and clubs opened around the world as a “ Home Away from Home ” for GIs.

The USO also brought Hollywood celebrities and volunteer entertainers to perform for the troops.

Some USO bases provided a haven for spending a quiet moment alone or writing a letter home, while others offered spiritual guidance and made childcare available for military wives.

They went to black businesses and fraternal organizations in order to find sponsorship for their USO group, and later expanded to fulfill the needs of soldiers during the Korean War.

Author Joeie Dee pointed out that " for women entertainers, traveling with the USO made it possible to be patriots and adventurers as well as professionals.

" She adds, however, that the G. I. s in the USO audiences " tended to see these women in a different light-as reminders of and even substitutes for their girls back home, as a reward for fighting the war, as embodiments of what they were fighting for.