USO Centers Overseas Durign WWII
Specifically in Britain and the surrounding countries.
I've googled "USO WWII", "USO Centers", "USO History" and wiki'ed "USO:. However, all I've come up with is where the current USO bases are in Europe (Italy and Germany) and where tey are in other parts of the world and the US.
The whole reason I need this is that I have a fictional band during WWII (a la Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller) who are going overseas to entertain the soldiers. As the majority of the band is either British or First Generation American from British descent, I'd prefer to have them going over there and having a moment of "This isn't home."
Also, if anyone has any information on lodging for USO performers when overseas during the same time period, I'd love to know. I'd tried googling "USO Conditions WWII" but didn't get anything relevant.
Thanks!
I've googled "USO WWII", "USO Centers", "USO History" and wiki'ed "USO:. However, all I've come up with is where the current USO bases are in Europe (Italy and Germany) and where tey are in other parts of the world and the US.
The whole reason I need this is that I have a fictional band during WWII (a la Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller) who are going overseas to entertain the soldiers. As the majority of the band is either British or First Generation American from British descent, I'd prefer to have them going over there and having a moment of "This isn't home."
Also, if anyone has any information on lodging for USO performers when overseas during the same time period, I'd love to know. I'd tried googling "USO Conditions WWII" but didn't get anything relevant.
Thanks!