Women in France Carry Red Cross War Role
American Red Cross and Army Nurse Corps women served in France since 1917. Nurses worked in field units, evacuation hospitals, convalescent and tuberculosis wards, handling head injuries, fractures and psychiatry. Can tines fed thousands, and base hospitals built recreation huts as the staff grew to over 5 000.
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American Red Cross
United States Army and Navy Nurse Corps
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Kenaped
Ariel
Belgrade
Ito
Mary Gladwin
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Prunteathal
Med Cross
Preneh
Ares
Leach Base Hospital
Witch
American Red Cross Commission
No Occasion to Say It Dinner Etiquette Tale
A little girl visits a friend's house for dinner and her mother warns her to say please thank you and no thank you. She says she said please and thank you but admits she did not say no thank you because they would pass anything she didn t want.
America’s Role in War and Healing
The statement emphasizes that saving and sharing America helped unite allies during wartime and will aid in healing nations afterward, reflecting a message of unity, resilience, and postwar reconstruction.
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America
Relief Ship Delivers Red Cross Supplies to Archangel
A Red Cross relief voyage sent 4600 tons of drugs food soap and supplies valued at 1 511 238 to Archangel for Allied soldiers and Russian civilians along the White Sea coast. A second ship carried 200 tons of similar aid, bringing total expenditure to over 24000. Major C T Williams led a party of thirteen. The mission aimed to comfort troops and aid starving towns along the Kola peninsula amid frost and scurvy.
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Archangel
American Red Cross
Russia
C.T. Willgms
Baltimore
Red Cross Commission
Roumania
Kirkimtrick
Army
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White Sea
Agi
Kola Peninsula
Red Cross
Red Cross Telegraphed Peace Prep Message to Chapters
War Council of the American Red Cross urges continued service after war. The message calls for preparing for peace, sustaining relief work for soldiers and families, and mobilizing to aid vast postwar needs while preserving Red Cross dedication and spirit.
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War Council of the American Red Cross
United States
National Red Cross
Red Cross
France
Canteens Serving U S Troops in Italy
The American Red Cross operates canteens at railroad stations major hubs highways towns and villages across the Italian zone of war serving American troops. For six months they’ve aided the Italian army and allies with coffee crackers and jam as soldiers pass through. Recently khaki-clad fighters have been added to the served at Red Cross rest stations with bowling greens established in tuberculosis barracks of Parts.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Tuberculosia
Secretary Baker Praises Red Cross Work in Europe
After touring South England and returning from France, Secretary of War Baker lauds the American Red Cross for its support of American servicemen. He commends the Red Cross for its efficiency in France and England and notes how it helps weld allied hearts.
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England
Baker
American Red Cross
France
London
Winchester
Europe
Red Cross Helps Replant 40,000 Fruit Trees in Belgium
The American Red Cross has given 10,000 to aid replanting in orchards laid bare by German forces. The fund will replace 40,000 fruit trees across Belgium and northern France damaged in the devastation.
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American Red Cross
Belgium
France
Bulletin Keeps U S Troops In Britain Informed
American soldiers in camps and hospitals in Great Britain receive a daily bulletin from the American Red Cross. Army officers say the service fulfills a long felt need by delivering home and sporting news not found in English papers. A Red Cross worker warns that discontinuing the bulletin could lead to court martial and execution.
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Great Britain
Red Cross
England
Washnington
Contest for the Juniors during Red Cross Christmas
A Junior Red Cross Four-Minute Menu Contest on why you should join the Red Cross will be held Friday December 20 in all School Auxiliaries. The event mirrors prior Four Minute Men activities and invites friends and parents to attend.
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Red Cross
Committee On Public Information
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