[AT] Holiday Charity Auction Results

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Walt,  Won't get into a pissin contest but in Vietnam red cross charged the
Marines and sailors money for donuts even if they were hikin out of the bush
where they been for 2 weeks.  NOTHING and I mean not even coffee was free.
And was the Same during Desert Storm I would I wouldn't give them the sweat
off my B.... oh  well you get the idea.  When they were set up to manage all
that money for 9/11 I talked to all the guys at my VFW at yearly get
together and everyone without exception from VietNam and later was in
accord.  What used to get none by RC for free is now done by Service
Fraternal Orgs. and that's still true right now according to other  Navy
Chiefs I contacted since your post. The Red Cross we knew as a kid went bye
bye in the 50's and hasn't come home.  Oh true there a good one out there
but THEY are the Exception now not the other way around.  Mismanagement and
money is the rule not the exception now.  Just MHO, John
John Cable
CABLEKNIVES of GR
Grand Rapids, MI
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> When I was in the Navy I spent sometime in the Naval Hospital in oakland,
CA
> and the Red Cross was the first people to welcome me. Made I had cards and
a
> Quilt for my legs. I had that quilt for many years I think its still
around
> someplace. I kept it on mu Bunk on the ship the whole time I was there and
no one
> ever comlained about it.  They also had a place for doing crafts free to
us
> and a dance once a week with local girls most pretty good looking.
> When my grandfather died the Red cross on the shore base was the only
people
> who my folks could get to call the ship so I could come home. I got leave
> instantly and was on my way the same day the Capt. gave all the leave I
needed
> because the Red Cross asked for it. The Red Cross also asked if I needed
any
> funds they were ready hand it over right then, I didn't need any.
> I guess my doings with the Red Cross have always been possitive I can't
say
> enough for them when it comes to helping the military boys.
> I am sure there are lot of other boys out there who would say the same
thing.
> I guess every outfit can have a bad apple though.
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
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