From the December 25, 2009 Albany (NY) Times Union "Christmas greeting recall a world at war."
The Francis and Mary Barrington family of Rensselaer had three sons in the military on the long ago Christmas in 1944.
Bill had enlisted in the Army March 11, 1942, 3 months after Pearl Harbor.
Jim also joined the Army August 28, 1942.
Joe, the youngest, was drafted after he graduated from Rensselaer High School, entering the Army on Good Friday, April 7, 1944, just two months before D-Day.
The family also had three daughters.
This Christmas 1944 found Jim was a clerk in the Army Air Force in the South Pacific. Joe was in England preparing for D-Day.
Some Families Gave Their All. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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