Sapulpa Showcase (March 2022)

The Artifact of the Month: Home Nursing Red Cross pin from the World War II era. This is what the Red Cross history states about the time: “By World War II, our role was limited to recruiting nurses for the Army and Navy Nursing Corps. During the war, approximately 153,000 nurses held ‘active’ status on Red Cross rolls and 71,000 of them served with the military at home and overseas. The Red Cross launched a blood supply program for the armed services in February 1941. When blood procurement reached its peak in June 1944, nearly 1,000 nurses served in Red Cross blood centers across the country."