American Red Cross - Christmas Activities - American Red Cross Santa Claus at an American Base Hospital in England. Lt. John Adams of Columbia, N.C., distributing presents to the patients of the American Base Hospital at Dartford near London, England at the Christmas Celebration given by the American Red Cross to the wounded American soldiers and orphaned English children. The two little children standing with private Isreal Levy of Brooklyn received the first two presents from the tree which was out in back of the hospital