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Special Services (entertainment)
Former US military entertainment branch
For other uses, see Special service (disambiguation).
Special Services was the entertainment branch of the American military.
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The unit was created on 22 July 1940 by the War Department as part of the Army Service Forces.[1] Special Services not only used its own specially trained and talented troops but also would often engage local performers.[2] Among its activities were staging plays and stage acts, holding concerts, filming documentaries, and providing recreational opportunities for servicemen.
Special Services were one of the few U.S. Army units to be racially integrated during World War II. Special Services opened their first Recreational Officer school at Fort Meade Maryland on 1 April 1942.[3]
Within the United States Marine Corps, the Special Services Division was the forerunner of today's Special Services Branch.
It was formed on 1 March 1943, to provide morale