Curtain Call

Hollywood is without rivals in shedding a tear for itself, and so the Hollywood Citizen News recorded the recent events in Indochina with a banner headline: SHOW BIZ & U.S.O. KAPUT IN VIETNAM. The Citizen News looked back over the ten-year history of the U.S.O. club in Saigon "furnishing chili, hamburgers, pool, and show business personalities to the most appreciative customers in the world," and suggested that "a residual sadness is left. No more Bob Hope. No more Raquel Welch." They might also have mentioned no more soul nights (fried chicken and greens), Puerto Rican nights (whole roast pig), Jewish nights (Passover Seders for 600), no more apple pies and homemade ice cream. (Recalled the last U.S.O. director in Saigon, Mrs. Michelle Chalfant: "We'd always put too much vanilla extract in.") And why has the U.S.O club shut down a month ahead of schedule, when there are still some 13,000 Americans on hand? The U.S. military command, concerned for the safety of its troops (some G.I.s were recently roughed up in downtown Saigon), decided to close the last major attraction in the city.

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