Servicemen on leave in Los Angeles during WWII had no shortage of places to go for a meal, a bed, and entertainment. This photo shows a banner above the Owl Drug Store at Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards for the Hollywood USO club at 1531 N. Cahuenga Blvd. The more famous Hollywood Canteen stood a few more blocks south, at 1415 Cahuenga. Meanwhile, near the corner of Santa Monica and Crescent Heights Blvds, Anne “Mom” Lehr, wife of a United Artists vice president, opened a house where the guys could have a bed for the night.
The Hollywood USO club at 1531 N. Cahuenga Blvd:
The May 1946 newsletter of the the Hollywood USO club:
Servicemen on leave in Los Angeles during WWII had no shortage of places to go for a meal, a bed, and entertainment. This photo shows a banner above the Owl Drug Store at Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards for the Hollywood USO club at 1531 N. Cahuenga Blvd. The more famous Hollywood Canteen stood a few more blocks south, at 1415 Cahuenga. Meanwhile, near the corner of Santa Monica and Crescent Heights Blvds, Anne “Mom” Lehr, wife of a United Artists vice president, opened a house where the guys could have a bed for the night.
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