U.S. Soldiers adopt British war orphan.

U.S. Soldiers adopt British war orphan. Rita S., a British war orphan adopted by an American quartermaster battalion in England, holds a mess kit as she waits in line with her uncles for her meal during a visit to battalion headquarters. Many English children made destitute or orphaned by the war are being cared for by American battalions under the auspices of Stars and Stripes, U.S. servicemen's newspapier in the European Theatre of Operations.