Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-09-27
NO DISCHARGE YET
NO DISCHARGE YET
Don't Let Them Down.
USO Pleads i'm Fund Drive
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cry of Keep 1t Up - Don't Let
Them Down." USO is launching a
nationwide campaign this fall for
funds to carry through its services
until the end of 1947. Intent on full
filling its responsibilities to the
young Americans who won the war
and those who are winning the
peace, USO has set a goal of 10
million dollars in the current drive.
Although the battle-clouds have
cleared, thousands of American
servicemen still will be overseas
throughout 1947. In addition to occu-
patton forces, military and naval
personnel will be stationed in
such far-off places as the Philip
pines, Panama, Alaska, Hawaii,
Newfoundland and the Antilles.
Thousands in Hospitals.
On the home front, Uncle Sans
military and naval uniforms still dot
the American scene while thousands
of veterans, MANNED by war, still
are confined in hospitals.
Foreseeing the continued need
for USO services, both the army i.
and navy requested the organ
ization to continue its program
for 1947. President Truman has
given his unqualified endorse
ment to the drive, urging that
the appeal "should have
prompt, generous and universal
support"
Major undertakings during the
forthcoming year will be mainte-
nance of USO clubs near camps and
hospitals in the United States, sta
ton lounges and travellers aid serv-
ices. USO clubs overseas and USO
camp shows in hospitals.
Veterans to Assist.
Reporting that the American
people have indicated their support
of USO in its final campaign by
volunteering to assist in the fund
raising work, the headquarters
campaign committee added that in
many communities men who have
taken the campaign leadership are
veterans of the war who know
USO, are grateful and are deter
mined that it shall finish its job"
Although USO activities and
detectives have changed with
the altering needs of the armed
forces, the basic ideal re-
mains the same - that of pro-
viding insofar as possible the val
ues of home to men called upon
to renOunce home for the sake
of country.
During early stages of the war
when vast numbers were in train
ing USO clubs fourished through
out the country. AS troops went
overseas, USO extended its work
through camp shows which toured
the Atlantic and Pacific war areas.
Lean to Teen-Agers.
Further flexibility was required of
USO after the war with drafting
and enlistment of l8-year-olds. En-
phasis in the USO program shifted
from more mature activities to
those popular with teen-agers.
When veterans hospitals began
filling up with war casualties, USO
altered its program to include rec
reational and other services for
those confined to hospital wards.
With the changing scene, many
USO clubs have been eliminated in
cities which no longer have serv-
icemen stationed nearby. Native
sons of those cities, however, still
are in uniform and they are among
those whom USO is serving in re-
mote locales.
There's still big morale job to
do for the one and a half million
men who will be in service through
out l947, USO directors insist, and
the organization proposes to fulfill
its obligations until the end of l947,
when it too will seek its honor
able discharge"