Editing Blood chit (section)

===United States Armed Forces===

When the U.S. officially entered [[World War II]] in December 1941, flight crew survival kits included blood chits printed in 50 different languages that sported an [[Flag of the United States|American flag]] and promised a reward for a safe return of a pilot.<ref name=af1957rpt>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/afhra-reel-k1023/page/n265/mode/2up |title=History and Operational Use of Blood Chits, WWII and Korea |pages=266–274 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 1957 |publisher=[[Air Force Historical Research Agency]]}}</ref> The kit might also include gifts like [[gold]] coins, [[map]]s or [[sewing needle]]s. Many U.S. flight crews that flew over [[Asia]] had their "blood chit" sewn to the back of their [[flight jacket]]s. Some units added the blood chit to the crew's [[flight suit]]s while other units gave the blood chit out only for specific flights. Currently, blood chits are a product of the [[Joint Personnel Recovery Agency]]. These recent government-issue items are a small sheet of [[Tyvek]] material <ref>{{cite web|title=JPRA website|url=https://www.jpra.mil/|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref> with an American flag and a statement in several languages indicating that the U.S. will reward anyone assisting the bearer to safety. They constitute a written promise of the US Government. Retired [[General (United States)|General]] [[Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.|Norman Schwarzkopf]] recounted that the CENTCOM Judge Advocate General during the [[Gulf War]] forward his approval for US pilots to carry such a chit.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schwarzkopf |first=Norman |author-link= |date=1992 |title=t Doesn't Take a Hero  |url=https://archive.org/details/itdoesnttakehe00schw/page/408/mode/2up?q=chit |location= |publisher=Linda Grey Bantam Books |page=409 |isbn=}}</ref>