This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Norton Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qi3.2ACIB/1872 Message Board Post: BROTHERS IN SERVICE - P.F.C. Vincent and Radio M2/c Thomas Norton, sons of Mrs. Thomas Norton Norton, Sr., 603 Garfield Avenue. Vincent entered service in May, 1943, Thomas, husband of the former Selma Freudenberg, enlisted in June, 1942. He was in the Sicilian invasion and is now on convoy duty. Vincent is somewhere overseas. "...The soldier has a brother, Thomas Norton Jr., radioman, second class, who enlisted in the armed services in 1942. He took part in the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and was among the American forces that captured the Nazi airfield at Gela, 5 miles from the beachhead. The two service men have a brother, James Norton, 15 years old." "A brother, Radioman 2/c Thomas Norton, has made 15 ocean crossings aboard a combination transport and hospital ship" Source: Jersey Journal, Jersey Journal, New Jersey, circa 1944