People ‘adopting’ fallen soldiers buried at an American war cemetery in the Netherlands are helping to keep alive memories of their sacrifice as the country marks the 80th anniversary of the start of its liberation from World War II Nazi occupation.
Eighty years after the liberation of the south of the Netherlands , Scott Taylor , center, Ton Hermes and Maria Kleijnen stand next to the grave of Scott’s grandfather Second Lt. Royce Taylor, a bombardier with the 527 Bomb Squadron, at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, southern Netherlands , on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.
Hundreds of people like Ton Hermes and Maria Kleijnen have chosen to “adopt” one of the 8,288 Americans buried there. Taylor’s grandson, Scott Taylor, from Indianapolis, calls his grandfather his hero. He is also the inspiration behind Scott’s decision to serve in the U.S. Air Force. He flew F-15E Strike Eagle jets over Iraq and Kosovo.
“I am so grateful at a personal level ... because I can’t care for my grandfather like they can,” he added, after they had placed a fresh bouquet of flowers in front of Taylor’s grave. Those months included a “hunger winter” when famine killed more than 20,000 Dutch people as a railroad strike was compounded by severe weather to prevent the movement of food and fuel. Some people resorted to eating tulip bulbs to survive.
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