The USO Club

ID: 5513 ~ Source: L87-1.63885-50 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society ~ Date: 1940s
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The USO Club

One of Spokane's three USO clubs. The inland northwest had facilities for every branch of the military and Spokane being the major city in the region saw thousands of visitors to its clubs every year.

This file appears in: USO Clubs in Spokane

By Devrick Barnett
When the United States entered the Second World War President Roosevelt felt a need to create a home-based organization to provide recreational activities for soldiers. The United Service Organization or USO was then founded and USO clubs began…