 American Red Cross Clubmobile Group K worker brings European Theater of Operation troops candy and cigarettes “from the folks back home.” Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
The Red Cross recruited over 200,000 nurses, enrolled them in the Red Cross Nursing Service, and certified 71,000 who served in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. Red Cross nurses provided critical health care services to civilians on the home front.
American Red Cross Clubmobile Group K worker brings European Theater of Operation troops candy and cigarettes “from the folks back home.” Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
 “Overseas Job Lures Girl,” newspaper unknown, December 1944 Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation Click image to see larger version |
 Red Cross nurses in London load dehydrated blood into a van on the first stage of its journey to the first Army in North Africa. Credit: American Red Cross |
 While stationed in New Guinea, American Red Cross worker Alice Slingluff contracted pneumonia and died in October 1944. Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
