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the Red Cross to organize corn mittees to assist the families of national guardsmen called to service on the Mexican border. This marked the beginning of what is now called Service to Military Families, formerly approved by the Red Cross in 1917. Thus the Red Cross, recognizing that suffering has many forms, added another service to the one which had inspired its beginning: relief for the soldier struck down in combat. During the past year Red Cross financial assistance to servicemen, veterans, and their families totaled $328,602 in Virginia, said Pillow. The story behind the figures involves round-the-clock cooperation between hometown chapters and Red Cross personnel stationed all over the world. It involves the flow of thousands of messages between here and Vietnam, carry
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