Offered for sale is a 1952 blank form, made like a check, "Armed Forces Blood Program ... Pay to Order of One Soldier Wounded in OUR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. Amount: One Pint of Blood - - - - 1 Pint." The back has a hand written recipe, in pencil, for molded beet salad.

The military blood program was begun by President Truman in 1952.

Please enlarge pictures for a better view of the condition. Measures about 8 by 3 inches (20 x 7.5 cm.).