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Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, Section, GHQ, can't play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The A.R.C. administers the funds for the maintenance of all the children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter" of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, 2nd Section, GHQ, cant's play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, can't play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blues and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The American Red Cross administers the funds for the maintenance of all children adopted by the American troops

The Allies. Kindergarten games at Grandbourg par Evry-Petit-Bourg (Seine & Oise) Colony France-American. The smallest children at Grandbourg (Seine & Oise) learning about the great alliance. This is a colony of 100 little refugee girls established by the Comite Franco-American for la protection des enfants de la frontiere. The children are under the care of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion and a member of the Jardin d' Enfants Unit of the AMERICAN RED CROSS has been assigned to aid with the younger children certain days of the week

Renee Grouyer, "the adopted daughter" of the Intelligence Section of the Army Field Clerks, 2nd Section, GHQ, cant's play ball very well, but she is one of the best little mascots in France. A testimonial to her abilities may be obtained easily from any member of her godfathers' section. She has big blue eyes and dimples and is as brown as a hazelnut because she plays out of doors all day long. She is a refugee child from the Meurthe et Moselle and lives now, with 300 other little refugee children at the Caserne du Chateau in Caen. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Judith A. Lutz, Engineering & Infrastructure Team CHIEF, spends time with the children during a visit to a local orphanage for girls, located near An Nasariyah, Iraq. US Army (USA) Soldier and USAF Airmen from Tallil Air Base visit the orphanage regularly bringing clothes, toys, and providing them the opportunity to play with the children

An AMERICAN RED CROSS worker teaching games to the children in the Garden of the Convent du Sacre Coeur, near Paris. Before the war the sisters cared for 30 girls from poor families of the neighborhood, teaching them house work etc. to enable them to earn a living. When war came, the sisters offered half their convent for a 50 bed hospital for soldiers, taking the children into their own inadequate quarters to make room and nursing the soldiers themselves. They were unable to raise enough money to continue the work until they appealed to the AMERICAN RED CROSS which now contributes the supplies needed, clothing, sheets, etc

Suzanne Paris is a war baby whose father was killed when she was too little to remember him. The men of Company F of the 20th Engineers (Forestry) saw her photograph and decided that anything that looked just like Jeanne would be a good mascot and they promptly annexed her. In the photo she looks unhappy because she thought that the photographer had come to take away her soldier Uncle who was home on permission. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

Kindergarten work at Grandbourg par Evry-Petit-Bourg (Seine & Oise) Colony France-American. Kindergarten work at Grandbourg, (Seine & Oise). This is a colony of 100 little refugee girls established by the Comite Franco-American for la protection des enfants de la frontiere. The children are under the care of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion and a member of the Jardin d'Enfants Unit of the AMERICAN RED CROSS has been assigned to aid with the younger children certain days of the week

A break from the riggers of JOINT FORGE, Technical Sergeant Rachel Collins-Stout, USAF, applauds a French youngster's beanbag toss into a super-sized tic-tac-toe board. The children, affiliated with a local transition shelter called La Passage Women and Children Shelter of Istres, France, are visiting the detachment located on Istres Air Base. The girls are (from left) Alizee, Audrey, Anais and Kelly. The shelter provides transition assistance for families who have been victims of domestic abuse. The 16th Expeditionary Operations Group occasionally plays host to the children for a day of fun and games. Deployed Civil engineers built the wooden game boards for the children. "The United...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A break from the riggers of JOINT FORGE, Technical Sergeant Rachel Collins-Stout, USAF, applauds a French youngster's beanbag toss into a super-sized tic-tac-toe board. The children, affiliated with a local transition shelter called La Passage Women and Children Shelter of Istres, France, are visiting the detachment located on Istres Air Base. The girls are (from left) Alizee, Audrey, Anais and Kelly. The shelter provides transition assistance for families who have been victims of domestic abuse. The 16th Expeditionary Operations Group occasionally plays host to the children for a day of fun and games. Deployed Civil engineers built the wooden game boards for the children. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 U.S. Service member to help maintain a capable military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has been determined. The mission will be assessed periodically and the force size will be adjusted, as circumstances require."

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE

Base: Le Tube Air Base 125

State: Istres

Country: France (FRA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Keith Reed, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Istres Air Base, Le Tube Air Base, Beanbag

Bosnia interpreters and US Army soldiers hand out doughnuts and coffee to locals at a checkpoint near "Gator" Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Blast. Operation Blast is a smaller part of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

International paratroopers prepare for a familiarization

A firefighter from the 130th Airlift Wing fights a

A US Army United Defense LP M109 155mm Paladin Self-propelled Howitzer, 1Bn/7FA, 1ST Infantry Division travels in a convoy on the Route Arizona roadway. This unit is in Bosnia to serve as a covering force for the 1ST Armored Division's redeployment during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Kingsley Field Firefighters reset the center cable

U.S. Army and partner nation paratroopers exit the

Spc. Jason Aguirre with Pack Platoon, 11th Quartermaster

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Eric Schaefer, Marine Corps

Audrey Nell Hamilton and JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011-09-13.

Airman 1st Class Chad Taylor, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron,

Members of the 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron depart

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

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break riggers joint technical sergeant rachel collins stout technical sergeant rachel collins stout usaf french youngster french youngster beanbag board children transition shelter transition shelter passage women la passage women children shelter istres detachment istres air base girls alizee audrey anais assistance transition assistance families victims abuse expeditionary operations group expeditionary operations group host fun games civil engineers civil engineers game boards air base us air force sports kelly high resolution tic tac toe board operation joint le tube air base force air force base us national archives france