01534crm a2200193 4500 759041330 TxAuBib 20150918120000.0 150918|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib American Red Cross Service Ribbons [Museum Object]. ca. 1940. "Service ribbons, World War II, American Red Cross. Three uniform service ribbons. .a; Ribbon - bar. Asiatic Pacific Theatre. ORange, Blue, red and white. .b: Ribbon - bar American Red Cross Pacific Ocean Area. Red, whtie and blue. .c; Ribbon - bar, American Red Cross, White field with woven red cross in small field.". PERMANENT COLLECTION. 20150918. "The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 as a organization to provide domestic and overseas disaster relief, military aid, and peacetime relief. The Red Cross experienced phenomenal growth during WWI. IN 1914, there were 107 local chapters; by 1918, there were 3,864. Nationwide membership grew from 17,000 to 20 million in just four years, and the public contributed [dollar sign]400 million to the American and Allied cause. The organization again came together during WWII, supplying 104,000 military nurses, 300,000 tons of supplies, and 13.3 million pints of blood to wounded soldiers and civilians.". https://rosenberg.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/70C7D216-FF42-45D2-AD89-278940800320 See Museum Object Listing RV8