[Kozy]

My uncle served in the tank corp in North African. After a mission in Egypt he returned to base. There was the Red Cross with coffee and donuts. He took them, they then asked him to pay for them. Threw them on the ground. I will never give one penny to those money grabbing dogs.

[robert14]

In 1935, my grandfather and family were refused mattresses by the Red Cross in Galveston Texas, after loosing their home due to a hurricane, unless they paid for them. Generations of my family have been taught to stay away from the Red Cross and government hand-outs.

[blueplum]

My pops tells the same story about the RC trying to charge military cleanup crews for coffee in the aftermath of Camille, in Biloxi, MS. The Salvation Army, otoh, drove around (and sometimes walked with a wagon) to hand out hot coffee and food to anyone who needed it - no charge.