The space was overwhelmed, so the Franciscan friar – donning his chaplain’s insignia and a Red Cross armband – crossed ... U.S. Military Chaplains in World War II.” Maternowski brought ...

Research into the lives of American Red Cross servicewomen in Britain during World War Two is already uncovering "largely forgotten" stories within weeks of starting. Thousands of women came to ...

On May 20, 1942, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, in a letter to national Red Cross chairman Norman H. Davis, requested that food and lodging provided to troops be charged at least at cost even ...

REXBURG, Idaho (AP) — During World War II, a red-cross armband worn by U.S. Army medics offered a degree of protection on the battlefield. But that couldn't quell the dread felt by Pfc.

This journal was supplied by the Red Cross in 1942 and has accounts of PoWs in it, including pictures, letters, living conditions, work parties, etc. It was sent back to families during WWII and ...

The women were recruited by the American Red Cross in the United States and all had to have a college education and great social skills, said historian Hattie Hearn Research into the lives of ...