Saturday, July 15, 2017

Red Cross Parcels (By Bernard A Kettle) Comments

Rating: 5.0

There is peas, there is beans, there is carrots too,
There is rich steak, pud, and Irish Stew,
There is cocoa, tea and milk to drink,
There is herring good and salmon pink,
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Denis Mair 15 July 2017

From this I learned something: the Red Cross maintained a neutral stance and conveyed packages between England and Germany. Amazing that this vestige of civilized conduct persisted while armies were unleashing death at each other. The tone is light-hearted, but these men needed nutrition, and more than that they needed the tie to loved ones.

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