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Old 11-07-2017, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Wiotte View Post
My parents, both WWII veterans had a very low opinion of the Red Cross. I’m sure they do good, but many old time veterans my parents knew also had similar views. Something about doughnuts.


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I was in the Maryland Army National Guard. An old master sergeant there had been in the ETO during world war two. He told me the Red Cross was selling donuts to the the soldiers there. He was still furious over this twenty years later! He positively hated the Red Cross!
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