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The following table comes from the Red Cross Web site at http://www.redcross.org/museum/ww2a.htm l.
| Total contributions received during war years | $784,992,995 |
| Greatest number of chapters (1943 and 1944) | 3,757 |
| Greatest number of adult members (1945) | 36,645,333 |
| Greatest number of Junior Red Cross members (1945) | 19,905,400 |
| Greatest number of volunteers (1945) | 7,500,700 |
| Greatest number of paid staff (1945) | 24,378 |
| Number of Red Cross certified nurses in service with the military | 71,000 |
| Number of service personnel receiving Red Cross aid | 16,113,000 |
| Messages between military personnel and families | 42,000,000 |
| Families aided by the Home Service | 1,700,000 |
| Tons of supplies shipped overseas | 300,460 |
| Pints of blood collected for military use | 13,400,000 |
| Number of blood donors | 6,600,000 |
| Number of foreign countries where Red Cross operated | more than 50 |
| American Red Cross war casualties (deaths)–male | 52 |
| American Red Cross war casualties (deaths)–female | 34 |