Show red cross field tackle yanks problems overseas 0 WO iza it N U R 4 IN a re IN A t 44 1 aa z I 1 za W one of the very ery important functions of the american red cross is the aya ir t communication it affords between the fighting man and his people gif If thome home here red cross field director john L barnes left F of effite I 1 ite plains N Y gives gibes a message to mgt william J mcdonald McDo jr J r of mamaroneck Mam aroneck N Y picture was made in sicily 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 gift from the red cross was clippers for hair cutting the boys had been without a barber tor for months in persia a red cross field director was able to locate a soldiers mother 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 convoy routes through blinding sand storms and glaring sun to help men with personal problems and emergency communications and to deliver magazines and books cigarettes and chocolate to isolated posts and bases in italy red cross field men accompanied compa nied the troops in on the invasion barges in india a sergeant was sentenced to the guard house tor for disorderly conduct his officer understand the boys behaviour he was a nice kid hed never gone to pieces before the officer asked the red cross field director to see him the red cross man discovered a very worried boy his wife had not been receiving his allotments she wand q d ne needed eded an operation she tt gip C rl t the soldier must have can ce betted ed e his allotments and a misunderstanding der had arisen between i them so that she was no longer writing him the beld man got in touch with the red cross chapter in the boys home town immediately it took care of her financed her operation and saw that she had adequate funds to provide for herself until the allotment again came through when the red cross cros man explained what had happened to the soldiers erB commanding officer the I 1 latter promptly released the boy from the guard house from then on the boy was all right his worries were over and the tha army had gained a good fighting man I 1 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 leins bringing them recreational items such as magazines books coni comfort fort articles athletic equipment and reestablish establish re ing 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 clay and night whenever they are needed GUs GI s overseas have many problems often home seems very very far away with the red cross there at hand wherever he may be the soldier knows he can always get in touch with home that he need never feel alone with problems he be know how to solve himself more than service men passed through red cross field mens offices last year on the mud clogged roads ot 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 contributions the american people to its war fund drive this month |