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Jun 1, 2010 · From early 1941 through the end of the war, the Red Cross collected blood from millions of donors across America; a dozen laboratories processed it into substitutes called plasma and serum albumin; and the military then shipped these substitutes, and whole blood as well, to service personnel fighting overseas.
The entire operation - run jointly by the military and the Red Cross, an organization whose authority and mission came from the federal government but whose workers and funds came from the private sector - was staggering in scope. By the end of the war, 6.7 million volunteers had donated over 13 million pints of blood at thirty-five fixed donor ...
Double-barred cross symbol as used in a 9th-century Byzantine seal. Greek cross ( Church of Saint Sava) and Latin cross ( St. Paul's cathedral) in church floorplans. The Christian cross, with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religious symbol of Christianity.
Nov 5, 2012 · On Thursday, November 15th, Thomas A. Guglielmo will present a talk entitled “‘Red Cross, Double Cross’: Race and America’s World War II Era Blood Program.” Dr. Guglielmo is Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University. Time: 7 pm on Thursday, 11/15. Location: Lee Hall 412
Drew left the Red Cross, which decided in 1942 to segregate donated blood by race, sparking controversy and sustained protest that persisted until after the war, when the segregation ended ...
A two-barred cross is similar to a Latin cross but with an extra bar added. The lengths and placement of the bars (or "arms") vary, and most of the variations are interchangeably called the cross of Lorraine, the patriarchal cross, the Orthodox cross or the archiepiscopal cross. [1]
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