Cecile Rosenberg Moise, born in Abbeville, South Carolina on January 24, 1919, joined the American Red Cross after graduating from Converse College. She served as a member of the Motor Transportation Corp, was a hospital volunteer, and worked with the blood mobile. A caseworker for the Red Cross in 1944, Moise worked with returning servicemen and their families. She volunteered with the Red Cross for 58 years.

Founded in 1863, the International Red Cross offered its services to all countries in September of 1939 for "lessening the evils" of war. The Red Cross provided a central exchange for information about POWs, provided relief packages and inspected POW and internment camps.

Unlike the International Red Cross, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in May 1881 to "serve in peace and in war." The American Red Cross provided relief during natural disasters and national calamities as well as offering battlefield aid. During World War II, the organization provided a link between members of the armed forces and their families. They recruited nurses, collected blood, shipped food and medical packages to Prisoners Of War, operated recreation facilities overseas for the military, and provided case workers in the United States to assist both civilian and military families in need of help.

In Sumter, the Red Cross operated a Motor Transportation Corps to provide transportation to serviceman stationed in the area, they offered medical training for nurse's aides, and operated blood banks. Caseworkers met the trains transporting service personnel, bringing them fresh fruit and water. Sumter area Red Cross volunteers joined with the USO to bring relief and entertainment to the servicemen in the county.