I think most vets hate the Red Cross. What’s not to hate?
Many many years ago while sitting at the table writing checks for monthly donations, my father a WW2 Vet looked over the stack and said, “never give to the Red Cross” . I then checked with him about the Salvation Army, “good he said, always give to the Salvation Army”
The story was, as you were getting on the boat to go overseas Red Cross gave you a stale donut, a cup of cold coffee and asked for a nickel………when you arrived overseas the Salvation Army was there and handed you a plastic bag with a pack of cigarettes, a candy bar, soap, band aids and then handed you hot coffee and a fresh donut. They also asked if you would like to have a prayer and a blessing.
50 years later I stopped donating to Salvation Army when they asked me to hate myself for being white. Wish I could have shared that story with my old man…