#36 Red Cross worker Roxane Pollack (right), of Philadelphia, Pa., hands coffee and doughnuts to Pfc. Marvin Clover, of Clayton, Ala., as he stands guard at his gun position on the fringe of a Dutch New Guinea air base on Oct. 23, 1944. Mobile canteen of the Red Cross is mode of transportation of the food.

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#36 Red Cross worker Roxane Pollack (right), of Philadelphia, Pa., hands coffee and doughnuts to Pfc. Marvin Clover, of Clayton, Ala., as he stands guard at his gun position on the fringe of a Dutch New Guinea air base on Oct. 23, 1944. Mobile canteen of the Red Cross is mode of transportation of the food.

Mobile Canteens of World War II: How Hot Tea and Hope Fueled Soldiers on the Front Lines and Civilians

#36 Red Cross worker Roxane Pollack (right), of Philadelphia, Pa., hands coffee and doughnuts to Pfc. Marvin Clover, of Clayton, Ala., as he stands guard at his gun position on the fringe of a Dutch New Guinea air base on Oct. 23, 1944. Mobile canteen of the Red Cross is mode of transportation of the food.

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