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ISBN: 1469606194 0807887269 9780807887264 9781469606194 9780807832370 0807832375 9798893132861 Year: 2008 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press
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Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the ""greatest generation.""Combining archival research with extensive firsthand accounts from among the hundreds of thousands of female USO volunteers, Winchell shows how the organizati
Women --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Soldiers --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- Social conditions --- War work --- Recreation --- History. --- United Service Organizations (U.S.) --- United Service Organizations for National Defense --- USO (United Service Organizations (U.S.) --- United Services Organization (U.S.) --- United Defense Fund.
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ISBN: 0826272843 9780826272843 0826219845 9780826219848 9780826219848 0826219845 Year: 2012 Publisher: Columbia, Missouri University of Missouri Press
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World War, 1939-1945 --- Soldiers --- Military exchanges --- Military morale --- Morale. --- Esprit de corps --- Mind, State of --- State of mind --- Social psychology --- Armed Forces --- Troop morale --- Morale --- Psychology, Military --- Armed Forces exchanges --- Base exchanges --- BXs (Military science) --- Military post exchanges --- Navy exchanges --- Post exchanges --- Post exchanges (United States Army) --- PXs (Military science) --- Ship's stores and Navy exchanges (United States Navy) --- Armies --- Stores, Retail --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- History --- Recreation --- Commissariat --- Osborn, Frederick, --- United States. --- AAFES --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- History. --- Military life --- United Service Organizations (U.S.) --- United Service Organizations for National Defense --- USO (United Service Organizations (U.S.) --- United Services Organization (U.S.) --- United Defense Fund.
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