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The primary role of the Red Cross is to aid in PoW prisons, military/civilian hospitals, and to provide food and non-military supplies to anyone who needs it.
In WWII they provided food to US/German and even Russian prisons (Japs decapitated them on sight). US/Brit PoWs even recieved chocolate and cigarettes, which were often used to bribe the German captors (who rarely got these items).
They do a lot of good in the Hell we know as war. They used to be the neutral doctors who would provide medication to anyone who needed it, back in the days that many officers would refuse to help the enemy while their own soldiers were needing it. Now the US has enough of its own doctors in most conflicts they help anyone involved, but the Red Cross help with massive civilian casualties and providing a long-term aid situation.
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