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Raymonde Collet, even if she is war-orphan, does not remember the war when she plays in the orchard with her pet goat. She is the mascot of the Seamen Guard at a U.S. Navy Air Station "somewhere in France". If brown curls, big brown eyes and dimples are of any use in a mascot that Air station will hav good luck for the duration of the war. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

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Raymonde Collet, even if she is war-orphan, does not remember the war when she plays in the orchard with her pet goat. She is the mascot of the Seamen Guard at a U.S. Navy Air Station "somewhere in France". If brown curls, big brown eyes and dimples are of any use in a mascot that Air station will hav good luck for the duration of the war. The AMERICAN RED CROSS administers the funds for the maintanence of all the children adopted by the American troops

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Group title: Adopted children.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 33

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01/01/1918
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