Episode 64: How did Bob Hope's USO become a thing? And who performed?
In today's episode we look at all the people and plans it took to create the United Service Organ...
Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian
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Show Notes
In today's episode we look at all the people and plans it took to create the United Service Organization (USO). While there was enormous planning and smart people, it wouldn't be what it is without a trumpet player from Chicago. We cross paths with General Pershing, Glenn Miller, m&ms, Thomas Dewey, Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and little guy from England named Lesley Townes Hope.