USO on Memorial Day: We Can Help Them Keep Their Promise

I did not expect to be disarmed by a postcard.

Last week, the fine folks at Focus Features and the USO (United Service Organizations) invited a few of us to Fort Campbell, where the 101st Airborne Division, the “Screaming Eagles,” is based. The USO is the nonprofit that, since 1941, has kept American troops connected with home, to family, and to the country they defend. We’d seen Pressure, the D-Day film, set to release on May 29, the night before. (It is gripping; more on that later.)

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I did not expect to be disarmed by a postcard.

Last week, the fine folks at Focus Features and the USO (United Service Organizations) invited a few of us to Fort Campbell, where the 101st Airborne Division, the “Screaming Eagles,” is based. The USO is the nonprofit that, since 1941, has kept American troops connected with home, to family, and to the country they defend. We’d seen Pressure, the D-Day film, set to release on May 29, the night before. (It is gripping; more on that later.)