by MarketSmart | May 3, 2023
We didn’t know all the things my father did in his 40 years in the Air Force; we just got pieces of his life in the military. Dad was 19 years old, right out of High School, when he signed up to go into the Army. His mother wanted him to go to college, so he did go to...
by MarketSmart | May 3, 2023
For ten years, I was responsible, along with eight other bikers, for creating the “MudBug Boogie,” an annual Dallas-area crawfish boil that benefited the USO facility at DFW Airport. Over a decade, we raised more than $50,000 and provided thousands of...
by MarketSmart | May 3, 2023
From Oct 1971 to Feb 1973, I was a right-seat pilot C-130 Hercules tactical airlift in Vietnam. On December 24, 1971, at Than Son Nhut Air Base, just outside Saigon, I was wandering around base and a USO lady gave me a “care package” containing tootsie roll pops,...
by MarketSmart | Dec 13, 2022
Ms. Lyndia R. King gifts a bequest to the USO as a lasting tribute in memory of her father, Earnest William King, to honor and celebrate his extraordinary life. Ms. King hopes that this soldier’s story will give inspiration to those men and women who defend our...
by MarketSmart | Nov 18, 2022
I’ve met many troops after volunteering with the USO. They all benefit from wherever the funds come from. I’ve worked both airports in Houston, then funded the Military Entrance Processing Station center and helped start it up—was Team Leader for four years there. I...
