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

truly belonged to the common soldier

by the tens of thousands

which have never appeared in their original form in any book on the battle

And while the Union and Rebel armies fought increasingly savage battles

and the enemy blocked the horseman’s direct route back to the Confederate army

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