Gary Sinise and Lt. Dan Band to Perform on USO Tour to Whiteman AFB, Mo.

Gary Sinise and Lt. Dan Band to Perform on USO Tour to Whiteman AFB, Mo.

ARLINGTON, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor, director and producer Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will perform a concert for airmen at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., June 7. Currently starring in the hit CBS series "CSI: New York," Sinise also is known to troops as Lt. Dan in "Forrest Gump." This tour is sponsored by TriWest Healthcare Alliance. The concert is open only to military personnel.

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This is the 19th USO tour for Sinise, who recently returned from a solo visit to the Persian Gulf where he visited with troops supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The concert is the last stop for Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band on a tour of U.S. military bases. Other locations included Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.; Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Millington, Tenn.; and Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

A long-time supporter of military personnel and veterans, Sinise was among the group of celebrities on the USO's first tour to Baghdad in June 2003. His other USO tours include Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and locations in Europe and the Pacific.

Following a USO tour to Iraq, where he visited with school children, Sinise co-founded Operation Iraqi Children, which provides educational materials to students in Iraq through donations from the American people. He also is the national spokesman for the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation, which is building a memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring disabled veterans.

****Media interested in covering the concert are required to contact the Whiteman Air Force Base Public Affairs Office at (660) 687-6123.****

About the USO

For 65 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by Worldwide Strategic Partners AT&T, Inc., BAE Systems North America, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, Military Channel, S&K Sales Co. and TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Other corporate donors, including the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-0600), have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit http://www.uso.org/.

Contacts:
Donna St. John, (703) 908-6458
dstjohn@uso.org

Whiteman AFB Public Affairs,
(660) 687-6123

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CONTACT: Donna St. John of USO, +1-703-908-6458, dstjohn@uso.org, or
Whiteman AFB Public Affairs, +1-660-687-6123

Web site: http://www.uso.org/

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