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A volunteer of the Red Cross Motor corps, at the loading of the Gripsholm, painting the destination on boxes of clothing, food etc. for prisoners of war in Japan and the Far East.

A volunteer of the Red Cross Motor corps, at the loading of the Gripsh...

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Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worker, Miss Mary Dougherty, inspects a Red Cross food package going to an American prisoner of war. Packages like this are sent regularly from International Red Cross headquarters in Geneva to American prisoners of war and interned civilians held by Germany and Italy. One a week goes to each American prisoner of war whose capture and location have been reported and one every two weeks to each interned civilian. Twenty thousand such packages were sent to the Far East on the neutral diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm last June, together with one million cigarettes and other supplies for American prisoners and internees in Japan, occupied China and the Philippines. Much larger quantities are now on the Gripsholm pending final clearance with the Japanese for her sailing on a second trip

Packages for prisoners of war and internees. A Red Cross Canteen worke...

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