The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II (DeAngelis - WH) drooker pumpkin painting

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The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II (DeAngelis - WH) drooker pumpkin paintingby Caitlin Galante DeAngelis When World War I ended, hundreds of British veterans stayed in France to work for the newly chartered Imperial War Graves Commission. Through the 1920s and 1930s, these veteran gardeners married local women, raised bilingual children, and dedicated themselves to caring for the graves of their fallen comrades. When World War II swept through Europe in 1940, more than 200 War Graves gardeners were stranded in Nazi occupied