My x will not donate to the Red Cross because his uncle fought at the Battle of the Bulge and the red cross was there charging them for donuts and coffee. Battle of the Bulge. What nerve. I always think of that when I do charity surveys.@cassius Just as an aside. Just at the point where the Germans vacated Holland, the American Army Air Corp flew several hundred bomber "sorties" to drop food to the Dutch. (My Dad was one of those in a B-17.) I have a Facebook friend in The Netherlands who still fondly remembers America for doing that.