First CARE packages arrive at Le Havre, France 80 years ago today (May 11 1946)


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(Saturday, May 11, 1946) — The first 20,000 CARE Packages, sent by a consortium of American charities to provide relief to the hungry of postwar Europe, arrived today at the French port of Le Havre.


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