After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Seymour Johnson Filed became a separation center for returning personnel and by January the personnel were so reduced that the USO club closed, bur since their were rumors that the base might reopen, the lease was not given up then.
In January 1947, the building was formerly turned back to the Woman's Club. The furniture and equipment used by the USO were sold to the club for $1,000. Later the USO gave a cash settlement that was used to pay off the last $5,000 of the twenty year mortgage on the building.
In 1986, the Woman's Club turned the building over to the Wayne County Historical Society and today it continues as the Wayne County Museum.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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