Marie Rouget who lives in Caen, has lost her father in the war, but she has just acquired a whole Company of the 408th Telegraph Battalion for a god-father. Company "D" decided that it must have a "feminine mascot". Marie wrote them early in August that her "brother Paul once saw some Americans and he waved his hand at them, but as for me, I never saw any, as I only go out for school. I like better helping mother with household work, dusting, sweeping, peeling potatoes or sewing for my doll." Company "D" certainly got the kind of mascot it wanted, especially as Marie is as pretty as she is feminine. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops