One of my uncles was in WW2 and said the same thing about the Red Cross, nothing good to say about them. He made a comment once that the Red Cross sold donated Ciggies to the guys fighting the war and they were suppose to be given free to the soldiers.....my father was a cop in detroit and was not a church going person, but said the only organization he saw doing any good work in the city was the Salvation Army.....Based on family reports, I never gave to the Red Cross and did the Salvation Army, and I love shopping at their stores...
As were my grandfather and father.............both now deceased tho.
Two generations spanning from approx. 1930 till 1978.........