The nearly 1.4 million American and Allied Prisoners of War in Germany and elsewhere were probably the most grateful beneficiaries of Red Cross services during World War 2. Many of them were lucky to return home alive because of the more than 27 million parcels prepared and shipped by the American Red Cross (ARC) to the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, for distribution in the PW camps. Some 13,500 volunteers assembled the various packages in special centers in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and St. Louis. The first Prisoner of War packaging center already opened in Philadelphia in 1943, and the majority of these continued operating throughout 1945.

This patch is a 1 on 1 reproduction of an original patch.