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Also Known As USO • United Service Organizations for National Defense, Inc.
Date February 4, 1941 - March 27, 1951
Areas Of Involvement social service • armed force
Related People John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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Marilyn Monroe posing for photos after a USO performance in Korea, 1954.
Billy Joel performing at a USO concert at Zeppelin Field in Nürnberg, Ger., June 12, 1994.
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