The
Victory Home:
Doing Our Part--Red Cross
The
Red Cross provided services to service personnel at home and overseas,
in addition to providing emergency relief for civilians. Volunteer
tasks
could range from working in an overseas canteen to raising money or
assembling
packages for soldiers.
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courtesy of
the Northwestern University Library
poster database .
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World War II Accomplishments of
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Photos
These photos are in the
American Memory collection, America from the
Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA/OWI,
1935-1945 . Click on the small image to see a larger one.
Signing up for Red
Cross duties.
Red Cross headquarters. San Francisco, CA.
Photos
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4
Red Cross motor corps "checking in" at Red Cross Headquarters. San
Francisco, CA.
Wrapping bandages. Red Cross headquarters. San Francisco, CA.
Oswego, NY. Red Cross blood donor service cars from Syracuse, NY parked
outside the post office. One thousand Oswegans volunteered to give
their blood, and the Red Cross handled ten every fifteen minutes during
the campaign.
Washington, D.C. Two volunteer translators of the Red Cross Foreign
Inquiry Service puzzle over a message from Holland. All messages must
be written on official Red Cross blanks and may not be longer than
twenty five words.
Washington, D.C. Volunteer translators in the Red Cross district
library translating messages from many foreign languages: Dutch,
Polish, German, French, Italian, into English so that they can be
censored before going
to relatives in this country The Red Cross handles messages between
people
in foreign countries through their Foreign Inquiry Service.
Blood donors at San
Quentin line up to fill the donor applications upon arrival of the Red
Cross mobile unit. Medical histories are checked by Red Cross workers
before blood can be given.
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Clinton D. Duffy, warden of San Quentin, stands at a prisoner's bedside
while Red Cross nurse Florence Aldrich prepares the young man for his
donation. During the Red Cross mobile unit's visit, 150 men gave blood
to the bank and more than twice that number volunteered but could not
give because of lack of time and equipment.
Red Cross nurse Florence Aldrich readies a San Quentin prisoner for his
blood donation during one of the Red Cross mobile unit's visits to the
penitentiary.
Coffee and cakes taste pretty good to these San Quentin prisoners who
have just given blood to the Red Cross mobile unit. Of the hundreds of
men who volunteered to give blood to the bank, 150 were taken care of
during the unit's four-hour visit to the penitentiary. Warden Clinton
T. Duffy, who
encourages such activities at the prison, chats with several Red Cross
workers
(black overcoat).
San Augustine, TX. Woman making surgical dressings for the Red Cross.
Portsmouth, OH. Red Cross class of women volunteers under the civilian
defense program.
Southington, CT. Graduates of a course in Red Cross nursing, receiving
their certificates.
Batavia, NY. The Red
Cross feeding farm laborers who have just arrived from Richwood, WV.
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Lititz, PA. During air raids this bread truck would be on duty for the
Red Cross.
Washington, D.C. Volunteers sorting wool scraps at the Red Cross.
Red Cross first aid
class from Robstown meets in community center. Robstown, TX.
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San Augustine, TX. School teacher making bandages for the Red Cross.
East Montpelier, VT. Mrs. Myrtle Ormsbee, widowed mother of farmer
Charles Ormsbee, knitting sweaters for the Red Cross.
East Montpelier, VT. Mrs. Myrtle Ormsbee and Marilyn, mother and
daughter of farmer Charles Ormsbee. Mrs. Ormsbee is knitting sweaters
for the Red Cross.
East Montpelier, VT. Charles Ormsbee's widowed mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Ormsbee, knitting sweaters for the Red Cross, and entertaining her
grandson of five at the same time.
East Montpelier, VT. Charles Ormsbee's widowed mother, Myrtle Ormsbee,
knitting sweaters for the Red Cross. Mr. Ormsbee increased his produce,
milk, and wood to aid the war effort, and all the members of his family
aid
in many ways.
Washington, D.C. The Netherlands Legation. Madame Louden, wife of the
minister, knitting for the Netherlands National Committee of the Red
Cross in her living room at home.
Pittsburgh, PA. Lithuanian chapter of Red Cross.
Lithuanian chapter of Red Cross. Pittsburgh, PA. (knitting)
Lithuanian chapter of the Red Cross at work finishing sweaters.
Pittsburgh, PA.
These photos are in the
National
Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.
February 28, 1945, FDR
Address on behalf
of the
Red Cross, page 1
, page
2
March 20, 1945, FDR
Address on behalf of the Red Cross, page 1,
page 2
Red
Cross field men preparing to ship gift boxes to servicemen.
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Posters
These posters are in
the
National Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.
Air raid
in Hawaii -- Red Cross
"Be
ready for your war service-Join the Red Cross Student Reserve".
"Give"
(Red Cross).
"In
Camp. . . And Overseas, Red Cross Workers Serve Fighting Forces".
"Keep
your Red Cross at his side. Give!" .
"Now more
than ever your Red Cross is at his side".
Red Cross
Volunteer Nurse's Aide.
Take a
Red Cross Home Nursing Course - Learn to Guard the Home Front.
"Volunteer for Red Cross Motor Corps".
Sure It
Makes You Mad!
World-wide mercy for our fighting men for the home front.
These posters are in
the Minneapolis
Public Library's Posters of the Second World War collection.
Volunteer
for victory
Now
dedicate your blood
Keep
both lifelines flowing
Your blood can save him
If you can't fill his
boots
We want books
Leave books here
Give more books
This
year I'm giving double
Keep
your Red Cross at his side
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