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To: Terry L Smith

Red Swastika.

My dad is still pissed at the Red Cross for trying to sell him cigarettes that were clearly marked “not for re-sale” coming off the combat line in Korea.

He hates them still...and when he became an executive in a large corporation, and they wanted hand outs, he made it clear to them why they’d never see a penny.


2 posted on 08/22/2016 11:20:57 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: WKUHilltopper

When my grandad was in the air force helping flood victims the RC had wagons out selling coffee and donuts. Salvation Army girls were staggering over mud and silt to bring them coffee and sandwiches for free. He hates the RC to this day.


5 posted on 08/22/2016 11:23:45 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: WKUHilltopper

my uncle said the same thing during WW2every thing cost them money to red cross,


9 posted on 08/22/2016 11:25:44 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: WKUHilltopper

When I was in high school back in the 80’s, I came home all proud I had donated blood to the Red Cross. I got in trouble. I got to hear the Korea stories then too. (Didn’t really get “in trouble”, just told to not donate blood to them, that we would buy it if we needed it).


16 posted on 08/22/2016 11:33:17 AM PDT by jdub (A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Dear wkuh,

For an emergency flight home from Thailand, i had to get money from the Red Cross. This was 1972, and they were charging usury of 24%!!

After that, no more.


19 posted on 08/22/2016 11:36:23 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: WKUHilltopper

Most Vets, myself included, rate the Red Cross somewhere below whale $#!t...and that’s at the bottom of the ocean.

Don’t forget what the RC did with the donations it got for 9/11.....Of the $564 million it received, only $154 million was distributed....the rest was absorbed by the RC to be used as it saw fit.
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/11/06/rec.charity.hearing/index.html


29 posted on 08/22/2016 11:48:03 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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To: WKUHilltopper

My dad was the same. IIRC, he was angry that they sold the soldiers donuts during WWII. Never forgot.


53 posted on 08/22/2016 12:36:21 PM PDT by mancini
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To: WKUHilltopper

My Dad hated them too for charging them for beer in Korea!


55 posted on 08/22/2016 12:39:30 PM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: WKUHilltopper
My dad is still pissed at the Red Cross for trying to sell him cigarettes that were clearly marked “not for re-sale” coming off the combat line in Korea. He hates them still...and when he became an executive in a large corporation, and they wanted hand outs, he made it clear to them why they’d never see a penny.

My Marine Corps drill instructors hated the Red Cross with a passion. They told us similar stories. I was kind of surprised. When I got back home, I mentioned it to the WWII veteran who had sworn me in. He had the same reaction and stories. Since then, I've never given anything to the Red Cross.

65 posted on 08/22/2016 1:16:52 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

My dad, too.


74 posted on 08/22/2016 2:03:04 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Over the years I have spoken to many vets and I’ve never heard a good syllable about The Red Cross.

Salvation Army all the way.


79 posted on 08/22/2016 2:37:07 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: WKUHilltopper

I despise the Red Cross. All they care about is the money.


88 posted on 08/22/2016 3:20:47 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan%27s_Purse

THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE TO DONATE!


107 posted on 08/22/2016 7:44:19 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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