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Somewhere In The South Pacific at Oregon Festival of American Music at John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Where
John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Oregon Festival of American Music
868 High St
Eugene, OR
Map
(541) 434-7000
When
Thu, August 11, 2016
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
In February 1941, at the urging of President Franklin Roosevelt, the Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community service, the National Travelers Aid Association and National Jewish Welfare Board joined forces to form the non-profit United Service Organization (USO) with the mission of providing morale support for U.S. military personnel and their families by establishing places for soldiers to go for rest and relaxation and organizing entertainment. The USO accomplished the first of these goals by creating relaxation centers close to military bases throughout the United States—over 2,000 in all by the end of WWII, the most famous of which were New York’s Stage Door Canteen and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Canteen, which were made famous by the films made about them....