Figure 1.--These French refugee children going to mass on Assumption Day at Grand Val, a large estate near Paris, The American Red Cross (ARC) has converted it into a country home for the delicate children among the refugees received at St. Sulpice in Paris. The ARC sent doctors and nurses to care for these children whose condition improved remarkably with a good diet and the healthy surroundings. Click on the image for a closer look at the children.

Grand Val was a large chateau and estate near Paris. The American Red Cross (ARC) converted it into a country home for the delicate children among the refugees received from St. Sulpice refugee facility near Paris. The ARC provided doctors and nurses along with healthy diets which enabled the condition of these children to improve notably in the healthy surroundings. These children were not orphans. Their parenrs even visited them. Many of the parents were uncomfortable with American doctors and nurses, some at first visiting every day. They soon realized hiw competent the Americans were and saw whatv they were doing for their children.

Created: 11:15 PM 11/8/2022
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