13. A lot of the Red Cross mistrust goes back to WWII
... for a long story.... I'm standing in the grocery line when I see a guy with a YingYang - 29th Inf Division cap on and I mention it to him. Seems the guy made the Normandy landing and took a bullet on the beach and had to be evacuated back to England. He looses all his possessions except his helmet and web belt.
He immediately without prompting starts in on the Red Cross: The Red Cross issues/gives him a complete shaving kit and then without notice to him starts dunning his meager Army pay for the cost. It's 55 years later and this guy is still hot about it.
I've heard other such stories and because a dissatisfied customer never stops badmouthing, the Red Cross didn't do themselves any favors during that war.
The Salvation Army is always spoken high of by vets I talk to, but the Red Cross is hit and miss.
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