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Christmas Tree For the Soldiers Red Cross Canteen Brightens Trains
The Red Cross Canteen organized a Christmas tree on a baggage truck to greet soldiers passing through Athens. Volunteers handed out gift bags with oranges nuts mints candles fruit cake and cigarettes and offered hot coffee and pound cake. Soldiers on northbound trains faced demobilization and possible return to France while those southbound headed to demobilization camps or home.
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Red Cross Centeen