Published Brownsville Herald November 23, 2008
On Veterans Day I watched two really great movies on the Classic Movie Channel; The Stage Door Canteen of 1943 Hollywood Canteen of 1944. They showed the great things the celebrities did for our soldiers during World War II.
The “boys” were served, entertained and danced with the greats of the day in the “USO Canteens” in New York and Los Angeles. The support for our boys “over there” was far greater than today when Veterans Day is not even a real Holiday in many places.
With the undeclared wars in Korea and Vietnam regard lessened for the importance of our sons and daughters that volunteer to go to war to protect our “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”.
Today, I see very few USO Canteens, no movies in support of their work , more frequently hostility.
I served in the Vietnam Conflict and had the privilege of seeing the Bob Hope USO tour and several others.
This period really started the decline as I remember coming home to chants of being a “baby killer”. Fortunately things have improved but not nearly enough.
Our warriors need medical facilities close enough to get to them and they are certainly not adequate even here where there are so many in need. More »
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