From Wikipedia:
Army Emergency Relief (AER), often referred to by the longer title Army Emergency Relief Fund, is a non-profit, charitable organization independent of, but closely associated with the United States Army, founded in 1942. The organization is headquartered in Arlington, VA.
An October, 1943 article in the St. Petersburg Times discusses it:
![Army Emergency Relief, St. Petersburg Times, October 18, 1943](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Army-Emergency-Relief-St.-Petersburg-Times-October-18-1943-81x300.jpg)
Tom Cartmell, in his July 6, 1943 letter to his father and stepmother, included an Army Emergency Relief pamphlet.
![Army Emergency Relief and You - Cover](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Cover-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 1](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-1-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 2-3](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-2-3-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 4-5](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-4-5-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 6-7](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-6-7-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 8-9](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-8-9-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 10-11](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-10-11-150x150.jpg)
![AER Page 12](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Page-12-150x150.jpg)
![AER Back](https://brooksidepress.org/cartmell/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/AER-Back-150x150.jpg)