Episode 64: How did Bob Hope's USO become a thing? And who performed? episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 25, 2025 · 37 MIN

Episode 64: How did Bob Hope's USO become a thing? And who performed?

from Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · host Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian

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.

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.

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