Soldiers' Social Service of Savannah (Ga.) scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings, 1950-1963.

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Soldiers' Social Service of Savannah (Ga.) scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings, 1950-1963.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174142589

This collection consists of six scrapbooks covering the years 1951 through 1959 and one photograph album. There are also six folders of loose clippings, dated 1951-1963, and one folder of photographs.

7 volumes, 6 olders (1.15 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928102

Georgia Historical Society

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United Service Organizations (U.S.)

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...

Soldiers' Social Service of Savannah (Ga.)

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The Soldiers' Social Service of Savannah was organized in 1940 at the outbreak of World War II to provide services and entertainment to the men at training camps in the coastal area. Its board members were prominent citizens of Savannah appointed by the mayor, and the SSS was funded by local citizens and businesses and staffed by volunteers. The Soldiers' Social Service of Savannah operated from 1940 until 1946. The organization was inactive from 1946 until December 1950 when it resumed on a tem...