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October 30, 1941 USO Camp Shows, Inc. is established to provide entertainment to troops around the world.
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December 31, 1947 All USO clubs and facilities are closed, and the organization is given an honorable discharge by President Harry S. Truman.
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January 1951 The USO is reactivated for the Korean War under a Memorandum of Understanding between the president and the Department of Defense.
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December 1964 Bob Hope makes his first Christmas Tour to Vietnam.
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June 1972 All USO clubs in Vietnam are closed as American troops withdraw.
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December 20, 1979 President Jimmy Carter signs the USO's newly granted congressional charter.
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1982 The USO's Women's Resource Center opens in Baumholder, Germany – a prototype for other USOs.
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1993 USO entertainers are sent to Somalia to perform for troops stationed in the area.
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2002 Operation USO Care Package is created by USO of Metropolitan Washington for troops deploying to support Operation Enduring Freedom.
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2003 USO Operation Phone home is launched, proving free, international phone cards to service members.
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November 7, 2006 The Operation USO Care Package program assembles its 1 millionth care package for troops deployed overseas.
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October 21, 2008 The USO opens a new center at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the first center dedicated to wounded warriors.
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2009 The USO delivered its first 'USO in a Box' units to forward operating based in Afghanistan and Djibouti.
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2009 Two hundred USO2GO kits are delivered to remotely deployed troops.
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2009 Two USO centers at Dover are renovated to support military mortuary employees, volunteers and the families of the fallen.
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