Show red cross field men tackle yanks problems Over overseas seass 41 1 I 1 A 0 AR z 4 Z z 4 aa 1 J vy li one of the very important functions of the american red cross Is the direct communication it affords between the fighting man and his people back home here red cross field director john L carnes eurnes left of white plains N Y gives give a 2 message to mgt william J mcdonald jr of mamaroneck Mam aroneck N Y picture was made in outside a straw italian hutch with the rear headquarters of the 1st ast division near mt etna on masera island up in the persian gulf where there Is not a single tree standing and the wind blows across the island ceaselessly red cross field men brought fishing tackle books and writing paper to service men most welcome gitt gift from thu the red cross was clippers for or hair cutting the boys had bad been without a barber barbed for months lu n cros field cirei diorec tv ama I 1 t to a locate loate a soldiers sold lers s moth raath er whom he seen for or 25 years in africa red cross field men flew in army planes hitchhiked hitch hiked in supply trucks bumped in jeeps over bombed ii T uy rot through rough blinding sand stoics st olms and glaring sun to help men with pers personal onal problems and emergency communications and to deliver maga ars and hooks bobki cigarettes and cho elate to isolated posts and bases in italy red cross field men accompanied compa nied the troops in on the inva fu F u barges in india a sergeant was sentenced to the guard house for disorderly conduct ilia officer understand the boys behavior lie he was a nice kid hed never gone to pieces before the officer asked the red cross field ojector to see him the red cross man discovered a very worried boy his wife bad not been receiving his allotments she well and needed an operation she thought the soldier must have cancelled his allotments and a misunderstanding had arisen between them so that she was no longer writing him the field man got in touch with the red cross chapter in the boys home town immediately it took look care of her financed her operation and saw that she had adequate funds to provide for or herself until the allotment again came through when the red cross man explained what had bad happened to the soldiers commanding officer the latter promptly released the tha boy from the guard house from then on the boy was all right rj we worries aries were aver over ardth s army had gained i goo d man all over the world in every theatre of war and active battle front go the american red cross field men helping soldiers with major and minor personal problems bringing them recreational reat ional items such as magazines books comfort articles arlt cles athletic equipment and establishing reestablishing re their contact with home these men share the conditions and hazards under which the soldiers fight they also share their lives they are on call day and night whenever they are needed gl s overseas have many problems often home seems very very tar far away with the red cross there at hand wherever he ma be the soldier knows he can always get in touch with home that he be need never feel alone with problems he know how bow to solve himself mors more than service men passed through red cross field mens offices last year on the mud clogged roads of italy through the tar far jungles of new guinea on lonely desert posts red cross field men take your place beside your boy in order to continue this service the red cross urgently needs contribution as from the american people to its war fund drive this month |