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Appendix INTERVIEW/QUESTIONNAIRE TEMPLATE 1. Name 2. Current address 3. Birthplace and date 4. Where did you grow up? 5. What did your father do for a living? 6. What did your mother do for a living? 7. Where were you living during the war years, 1941–1945? 8. At the time of the war, did your family own or rent your home? 9. Were you in school? If yes, what was the name of the high school or college? 10. Did you work during the war? Where? 11. What was your marital status during the war? 12. How did you get involved with the USO? 13. What was the purpose of the USO in your opinion? 14. Why did you volunteer for the USO? 15. What was the application process like to become a USO hostess? 16. Describe the process, including interviews that you had to go through to become a hostess. 17. What type of volunteer work did you do for the USO? 18. Where did you do most of your volunteer work? (canteens, church halls, etc.) 19. How often did you volunteer for the USO each week? 20. What types of recreational activities did you engage in with the servicemen as part of your volunteer work? 21. How many USO dances with male servicemen did you attend? 22. In your estimation, what was the ratio of soldiers to hostesses at the dances? 23. What were the rules regarding hostesses and soldier behavior at the dances? Who enforced these rules? Did you agree with the rules? 24. Did you enjoy the USO dances? Why or why not? 25. What did you talk about with the servicemen? 26. What did you wear to USO events? What dress code did the USO enforce? ★ 178 ★ APPENDIX 27. What were the senior hostesses like? Why, in your estimation, did senior hostesses volunteer for the USO? 28. What were the other junior hostesses like? 29. What rules did you have to follow as a hostess? What did you and the other hostesses think of the rules? 30. Were you allowed to date the servicemen, and were you interested dating them? Why or why not? 31. How many experiences did you have with servicemen of a race different than your own? What were those experiences? 32. What did your parents, neighbors, and community think of your volunteer work as a junior hostess? 33. Were there any girls who broke the USO rules, or who crossed any lines with servicemen? Describe these incidents. 34. What do you remember in particular about the servicemen or the things they said and did at the USO club? 35. What parts of the country were the servicemen who visited the USO club from? 36. As a USO hostess, how much contact did you have with industrial workers? With Wacs? 37. For how many months or years did you volunteer with the USO? 38. How did volunteering at the USO make you feel? 39. How would you assess your work with the USO? Was it enjoyable? Worthwhile? 40. How do you think your volunteer work at the USO contributed to the war effort? 41. What did you enjoy most about volunteering for the USO and what was your least favorite aspect of USO service? 42. What did you do after the war? (education, work, marriage, children, etc.) ...

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