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Lightheaded Bros: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 2:04pm.
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September 1940. "Sons of Mr. Britton, coal miner-farmer near Falls Creek, Pennsylvania, and member of Tri-County Farmers Co-op in Du Bois." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
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Submitted by robbo on Tue, 06/04/2019 - 7:29am.
I took a quick look at census and veterans data to leave a trail in case friends or family do a search. Albert E Britton (1917-2003) and Robert Joseph Britton (1920-2002) fit the bill. Both served in the Army in WWII.
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