European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By de Reavis staff writer Janine Boutard is a world War ii hero. She is Best known by her French resistance code tame Madame Giles. Her spirit remains unbroken today despite failing health that requires close medical attention in Caen France. Boutard said she disapproves of living in the past hence her discomfort at constant mention of her code name. Because of her past she served As a technical adviser for the filming of the movie the longest Day. Boutard in an unpublished interview with the stars and stripes during the 40th anniversary celebrations said she her husband and friends joined the underground because they were among other French citizens a who could t agree with marshal Philippe to Tain a Appeal to collaborate with the  Petain the a hero of Verdun a split the country in a radio speech to the Vichy Republic when he said a i am today embarking on a path of collaboration. This collaboration must be sincere until now i have spoken to you As a father today i speak to you As a Leader a Boutard was a member of the Caen City Council after the War and remains a revered person among veterans groups. Today she is cared for by a nurse. Her health is a Day to Day matter a Friend said in mid May. Boutard is aware of the 50th anniversary events but will not be Able to take part the Friend said. Boutard said that when the French army was Defeated in 1940 by the germans it never entered her mind to capitulate without a fight although the country was occupied and some frenchmen were collaborating with the occupiers. A we As a people a she said a could react like the Danes did to the occupation of their country and there was still Algeria one could escape to. A no there was no excuse to  Boutard and her husband joined an underground network called Century that operated throughout Normandy and was part of a larger underground network organisation Civile it Militare. She said Gen. Charles de Gaulle a june 18, 1940, Appeal Over bbl radio for the French to resist helped spread the movement. A a Century a main task was to pick up commandos who landed behind German lines and to Aid people who came on Clandestine missions to gather information a she said. Century also helped survivors of the failed Allied attack on Dieppe in 1942. The Boi tards hid Many commandos in their Caen House where they dressed them in French clothes donated by members of the Century Fil French resistance fighters wait in a Field near Rennes in 1944. Group or friends. They taught them to pronounce their French code names and to name one bombed out Village or another in the North As their Hometown and gave them ration coupons. From 1942-43, Boutard escorted British and americans by train to Paris or to a port. The soldiers were supposed to keep out of the Public Eye but it Wasny to always possible. A i was sometimes infected by these Young soldiers Lightheart Edness a she recalled. A i was supposed to deliver them in Paris to a certain address by taking the metro from the train station. Once three Young americans talked me into walking so they could see something of Paris. They were elated. One of them spotted the Rue de la paix and just wandered Down it like a Bright eyed tourist and i had to Chase  she explained to her neighbors that her frequent trips out of Caen were necessitated by an aunts illness. Shortly before a Day the Boi tards were hiding an american and a British Soldier. A the englishman said there was no sense in leaving the House because the invasion was coming the very next Day a she said. A when it did no to come the next two Days i became nervous because the longer we kept the men in our House the More dangerous it was for All of  Boi tardy a husband decided to go to Paris to find out what was up. In routed Day began the train was bombed and he walked Back to Caen. A i got word to get the two soldiers but of town and into a Village immediately a she said. A i ran into their room shouting a Wake up Wake up a its  they jumped up asking a How do you know a and looked out the window for some sign of confirmation a the three of them slipped out of the House with two bicycles. A neighbor pushed up her window and said a i guess you can get them out this time without any problems. We knew what you be been  Boutard and the men had to sneak through town because one of them was wounded in the face and could have drawn the attention of germans or French police. In a Village they ran into a woman Boutard knew who said a a today so Day id love to see some Allied  Boutard pointed to the men and said a a Here a two for starters. Hide them a later Boutard was told to take a radio to the other Side of the ome River that divides the town. A once there i  get Back. The fighting was fierce and the Bridges were out. From my Vantage Point i could see that the germans were systematically burning certain parts of the town. I got a red Cross armband and swam the Orne to warn the  were there rewards for heroism in the resistance Boutard whose husband died after the War said that when Caen was freed some of the top leaders of the resistance took her to the artificial Harbor at arro Manches to see the allies pouring men and supplies into Normandy. It was the most Beautiful sight i had Ever seen. France Europe avas being freed. That was the Reward we All wanted.�?�. A resistance fighter marches with troops into Chartres a week before Paris was liberated. Army