A girl and a dance and a good time are the service man's first thoughts when he has a few hours off duty and comes to town. To meet the plea, the U.S.O. has a roster of hundreds of junior hostesses, carefully selected and well-chaperoned, on call for dances, private parties and dates for victory. Thousands of service men visiting here in transit to other training centers or enroute to battlefronts, have found Los Angeles a hospitable town through the work of the U.S.O. Here a group of sailors and soldiers at the Santa Monica U.S.O. center on June 23, 1942, await their chance to take the dance floor with hostesses.
United Service Organizations (U.S.) Armed Forces Balls (Parties)--California--Santa Monica Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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