Most of these solders were permanently assigned to Camp San Luis Obispo as members of Corps Area Service Unit (after 1942, Service Command Unit) 1947 (Station Complement) and other "Colored" units from the camp and the 54th Coast Artillery Regiment (155mm Gun, Towed) (Colored) that was headquartered at Morro Bay State Park and its coastal defense positions that were located up and down the central coast.
According to local historian, Dr. Dan Krieger, the USO that serviced the African American servicemen was located at 879 Morro Street, across the street from the former San Luis Obispo City-County Library. The building, known as Steve Zegar's furniture store during the 1950's and 1960's, has since gone through a major renovation and is now a City of San Luis Obispo governmental office building.
Unlike most communities across the nation, this facility wasn't relegated to poor or segregated part of town. San Luis Obispo's African American USO was in the middle of a "white" town. It was four blocks from the "white" USO, about a block from the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, County Courthouse and City Hall and right next to the city's China Town.
