Dubbed “Doughnut Dollies” during the Korean War, the Red Cross Clubmobiles and the women who operate them date back to World War II when teams ... and a built-in donut maker, carrying ...

The paratroopers watched as several young women wearing light blue Red Cross uniforms jumped out of the chopper. Smiles welcomed the Donut Dollies, who immediately handed out coffee, Kool Aid ...

Urrea’s mother, Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea, had served in World War II as a ... of the American Red Cross Clubmobile Service, telling the little-known story of the “Donut Dollies ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Camilla Meyerson recounted her time as a Red Cross “Donut Dolly” during the Vietnam War. “Donut Dollies” were women tasked with boosting ...

Luis Alberto Urrea is a fellow baby boomer with a different World War II inheritance. His mother served as a Red Cross volunteer in an outfit called the Clubmobile corps, providing donuts ...

“It sounds ridiculous, but it worked.” Oddly, they did not actually serve donuts as their Red Cross predecessors did in Europe during World War II, because it was thought donuts wouldn’t ...

Assigned to the Red Cross Clubmobile ... troops during World War II. Her friend Jill Pitts Knappenberger is the tall woman standing in the back.Credit...Family Photograph The “Donut Dollies ...

Irene,” a novel inspired by his mother’s service with the Red Cross “Donut Dollies” during World War II. Urea was in conversation with Times assistant managing editor Iliana Limon Romero.