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Show r American Red Cross Aids AidsWounded Aids'ed Aidsed Wounded Woundedand ' and Able-bodied Able bodied - Not Ions long ago to x a Bed Red Cross field fielddIrector fielddirector fielddirector dIrector with ' in 1n outfit on maneuvers maneuversflashed maneuversflashed maneuversflashed flashed a message that the mother motherof motherof motherof of a man in his unit umt was critically criticallyill criticallyIII III ill and the manwas man Qwas was needed athome it at ftT ' s , home immediatelyWith immediately , With this message message mes | sage from the soldler soldeer sol idiers + dler deer s Bed Red Cross Crosschapter Crosschapter Crosschapter chapter verJfymg verifying verJfymgthe verifyingthe verifyingthe the illness , thefield thefieldd the [ fieldd field d 1 iectoicalled iectoicalledon icctoi ectol calledon called calledon on the commanding commandmg officer who ar arlanged arfanged ari langed fanged nged an emergency furlough furloughWl.Ile furloughWhile furloughWhile : Wl.Ile WlIle While ] . a . . couner couuer courier sped up the hne line hneto lineto lineto to fetch the soldier ooldler eoldier the Bed Red Cross Crossman Crossman Crossman man was busy aI Bringing ar.ngmg arngmg " ' . . nglng trans transportatlon transportation transportation transportationWithin portatlon portation portatlonWJthm portationWithin Within WJthm a few hours the boy was wasat wasat wasat at the Bed Red Cross field office whele where whelefurlough wherefurlough whciefurlough furlough papers anda and a ticket awaIt awaIted awaited awaited ed him The field director drove drovehim drovehim I Ihim him to the airport and the boyar boyarrived boy ar arrived arrived ' rived home in time-not time not time - - not to see hIs hismother hismother mother die but to save swe slve her lIfe lIfeWlth lifewith lifewith Wlth with a blood tiansfusion tlansfuslOD transfusion . . . Today , , almost seven months after afterV afterV afterV V J Day , , some 17 000 Bed Red Cross Crossworkers Crossworkers Crossworkers workers are still stilI with the GIs at atllom athome athome llom home and abroad Hundreds of clubs clubsand clubsand clubsand and rest homes overseas are in oper operatlOn operation operatlon atlOn ation where men meet on leave get gethome gethome gethome home cooked food and that pnme prime pnmeAmencan primeAmerican pnmeAmerican Amencan American favorltc-doughnuts favorltc doughnuts favorite-doughnuts favorite favorite - - doughnuts and andcoffee andcoffee andcoffee coffee Music and entertainment entertainmentbooks entertainmentbooks entertainmentbooks books magazines and home town townnewspapers townnewspapers townnewspapers newspapers lounge and writing writingroomsall writingroomsall writingrooms rooms-all rooms all - all are popular For men mensta'lng menstaying menstaying sta'lng stalng staying ) ' overnight overmght theie thele these are om aim omfortable aimfortable mmfortable ) fortable beds clean sheets and hotShowers hotshowers hot hothowers howers Showers ! howersMore ShowersMore More importn import . . , . n . + thar thaI that " ' Bed Red Cross CrossServices Crossservices Crossservices Services ! to the able bodied are arethose arethose arcthose those for the . wounded v.ounded vounded sounded and ill 111 In Inarmy Inarmy Inarmy army and navy hospitals the thecountr thecountry thecountry countr country ) over professional and vol volunteer volunteer volunteer unteer Bed Red Cross . workers v.orkers vorkers corkers serve In Inmany ins inmany many v s . t < a asTo as asTo } ) s sTo To the hospitalized a financial or orfamIly orfamily orfamily famIly problem may prey upon the themind themind themind mind and dull dulI the will wllI to recovery recoveryUnder recoveryUnder recoveryUnder Under guidance of Red Cross medl medi medlcal medical medical cal sociil socI\1 socI 1 social ' \ wolkcrs wOlkers workers many a problem problemis IS dissolved and obstacle overcome overcomePrograms overcomePrograms overcomePrograms Programs directed by lecreatlon recreation lecreatlonworkers recreationworkers lecreationworkers workers help patients patlents forget their thei theitroubles thentroubles troubles Bed Red Closs Cross Clossolunteer \olunteer olunteer olunteers volunteers volunteerssupplement \ olunteersupplement 1 . supplement these \ ' \ or oikers olh.ers olhers leers . c \ withever Ith Ithever ithevery ever every ) > conceivible concelv\ble concelv ble conceiv'ible ' \ ' ! service ervlce For ror example ample there was the theblinded theblinded theblinded blinded soldier whose face was hor horrlbly horrebly hornbly rlbly rebly scrredho scirrcd sc\rred sc rred sc-irred irred ' \ - \\ho ho who \ ft ho was expecting e"Cpectmg eCpectmg " a aVISit avisit avisit VISit from his wife wue and five year yearold yearold yearold old daughter It nould 'l\ould 'l l ould could ' \ be the first firstmeetmg firstmeeting firstmeeting meetmg meeting in an two years he told the theRed theRed theRed Red Cross girl gu"l gul " who ' \ was 'l\as 'l l as sas teaching teachinghim teachinghim teachinghim him rummy with Braille cardsMy cards ' My little httle girl knot knows kno'l\s kno'l knol s ' \ s I Im 1m m blmd blind blmdand blindand blindand and she 'I I s ' planning planmng how the she 11 do dothings dothings dothings things for me he saidBut saidBut said saidBut But what she did not know what whathad whathad whathad had been jeen ieen ! : ; kept from him so that It ItmIght itmight itmight mIght mIghtnot not retard his readjustmentif readJustmentwas readjustment was if w the + Tirt wnv way YtCt he was wia sc fir-'T fir 'T T " - . 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' r d c\ c cfin \ tln an fin ' " ' dIsfiguredI disfigured I disfiguredTl dIsfiguredTI Tl TI TIe TIa e a Bed Red Cross gnl gul girl cauglit caught her herbreath herbreath I Ibreath breath That Thats s fine she said saidI11 said111 111 I11 meet them at the tramHer trainHer train tram trainHer Her heart 1 I cart eart san sank _ upon pon se.elng seelng seeing . : the _ tiny tmy girl It would be a job to pre preI prepare prepare propare I pare her for the shock to make makesure makesure makesure sure she did not let her father sus suspect suspect suspect pect there was anything anytlllng wrongGently wrongGently wrong wrongGently Gently she told tha the child about abouther abouther abouther her daddy s face how it would get getbetter getbetter getbetter better how much he loved her and andthat andthat andthat that she mustn mustnt t be afraid Then ThenWlth Thenwith Thenvnth Wlth with a prayer in her heart she led ledmother ledmother ledmother mother and child cbIld to where the theblinded theblinded theblinded blinded soldier waitedThe waitedThe waited waitedThe The crucial moment had come comeNow comeNow comeNow Now upon the actions actlons of a lIttlc little lIttlcgirl littlegirl littlegiri girl the future of this family would woulddepend woulddepend woulddepend depend For a moment the tot totstood totstood totstood stood in 111 the doorway doorwa } ) 100kIn looking at ather ather ather her father across the room Then ThenMthout Thenwithout Thenwithout Mthout without hesitation came the patter patterof patterof patterof of little feet and she threw her herarms herarms herarms arms around her fathers father s neck neckDaddy neckDaddy neckDaddy Daddy she cried Daddy it s mewe mewe me mewe -we we - we re so glad to have you b'lo1A b bick b'lo1- b'lo1 blo1 bickA ' tck tckA - A simple service yes But it de determlned determined dctermined termlned termined the happiness happmess of thlee three thleepeople threepeople thieepeople people Without the understanding understandingheart understandingheart understandingheart heart and the many who daily dally give giveof giveof 1 1of of their thelT minds and souls the ad adJustment adjustment adjustment Justment of thousands of servIce servIcemen servicemen servicemen men might be seriously retardedThe retardedThe retarded retardedThe The American Red Cross needs needs$100 needs100 $100 100 $ 000 000 to carry on during durmg the thenext thenext thenext next fiscal yearBecause yearBecause year yearBecause Because farm faun families have a big bag bigstake bagstake bigstake stake in an the Bed Red Cross they conS1S consis conS1Stently consistently consistently tently support the orgamzatlon organization orgamzatlonThe organizationThe organizationThe The Bed Red Cross is confident that thatfamIlies thatfamilies thatfamilies famIlies in 111 agricultural areas the thebackbone thbackbone ( backbone of the nation natlon will wllI gener generously generously generously ously support the 1S4S 1946 Funa FunaCampaIgn FunaCampaign FunaCampaign CampaIgn |
