Word: uso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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World War II has many grievous memories, but for those who ever did a tour on the "Rock" (persistently ignored by USO troupes and widely ballyhooed "name" entertainers), no fonder memories exist than those regarding that fabulous creature, Nature's caricature of humanity: the goony bird...
...Feel for the Beat. Eventually, Marian toured as an entertainer for ENSA, the British version of the USO, and then switched to the USO itself. She landed in Normandy soon after the first troops, and a few months later in Belgium met Dixieland Cornettist Jimmy McPartland, a private in the 2nd Division. They were married in Aachen, and two years later had their own Dixieland band in Chicago (TIME...
During the war, her husband went into uniform (he became a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Force radio unit), and Ros was off on USO shows, telling jokes and singing Baby, That's a Wolf. In Washington, she met Mamie Eisenhower. They took an instant shine to each other: Mamie asked Ros to tea, and Ros asked Mamie to dinner. She did not meet the General until three years later...
...pictures, mostly sat home alone. Their marriage was drifting on the rocks, and only World War II averted immediate shipwreck. Desi refused a commission in the Cuban army and was drafted into the U.S. infantry. He was moved on to Special Services, and spent much of the war shepherding USO troupes from one base to another...