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Itinerary of Laughs Inc.

This page is an attempt to chronicle the locations of Laugh's Inc. performances throughout the group's existence from September 1944 to October 1945.  Also included are the performance locations of the group "This Ain't the Army."  Three sources were used to obtain this information:

Joe Geczi was with Laughs, Inc. when it began and Duane Harvey Hodges was with the group when it disbanded.  Geczi and Hodges served together in the unit during the months of April, May, June, July, and August of 1945.  Geczi maintain a detailed list of performance from September to December of 1944.  From letters sent home, Geczi's daughter, Madeline Marziotta, was able to compile a list of performance which appear below in italics type while entries from Hodges 1945 memo book are shown in bold type. 




1945
January 12 - 26
14th Replacement Depot
February 27
Belgium
February 28
France
April 2
Neufchateau, France (Hodges assigned to Laugh's, Inc.)
April
Nancy, Vittel, Bar le Duc, Compienge, Paris, LaHarve
May 6
LeHarve, France
May 8 - 13
Veriers, Belgium
May 18
Spa, Belgium
May 19
Spa, Belgium
June
Acchen, Germany
June
Dusseldorf, Cologne, Essen, Acchen, Munster, Marburg, Kassel, Franfort, Bad Goldesburg, Bonn
June 23
Bonn, Germany
June 26
Heerlen, Netherlands
June
Heerlen, Netherlands - Brussels, Verviers, Belgium
July
Nurenburg, Frankfort, Acchen, Cologne, Germany
July 4
Nurenburg, Germany
July
Vittle, Nancy, Thionville, Metz, Verdun, France
July 17 - 20
Vittle, France
July 24
Luneville, France
July 25
Vittle, France
August 1
Thionville, France
August 7
Luxemburg City, Luxemburg
August 15 - 20
Chateau Thierry, France
August 15
Paris, France
August 25
Geczi left Laughs Inc. at Chateau Thierry
September
Paris (7th Platoon reorganized)
September 10 - 17
Rome, Italy (via air)
September 18 - 24
Maison Lefeate and Paris area, France
September 25
Compiegne, France
October
Namaur, Belgium
October 8
Brussels, Belgium



Laugh's Inc. dissolved - members with longer services (higher "points") were being discharged and returned to the states while the remaining personnel merged with the 6th Special Service Platoon where a new show was formed called "This Ain't the Army"


October 22
Marburg, Germany
October
Bamburg, Germany
November 6
Nuremburg, Germany
November
Bayreuth, Germany (Wagner Festival Theater)
December 1 - 4
Namur, Germany
December 4 - 20
Paris - by train to Lyon, Marseilles, Monte Carlo, Nice, Caens
December 21
Metz, France
December 27
Marburg, Germany



Sometime in January 1946 "This Ain't the Army" was dissolved because most everyone was eligible for discharge.  Hodges was discharged at Camp Grant, Illinois, on 30 Jan 1946.