American Red Cross - In the Zone of Advance - Activities - American Red Cross Dugout near front. These soldiers have just come out of a Red Cross dugout near the new front lines in the St. Mihiel salient. They have their hands full of doughnuts, cigarettes and magazines. This outpost outfit followed a few miles behind the fightersin the advance. When the American infantryman dug in, the Red Cross men dug in also under a ruined house, started their fires, and within a few hours were serving thousands of weary but enthusiastic Americans with hot drinks and other comforts