MASSACHUSETTS AT WAR

In October 1943, a South Hadley family received a letter from their son, an Army Seargeant, reminding them that it was time to start shopping for Christmas. The very same day, news arrived that the young man had been killed in action two weeks earlier. In Ware, Mary Lane Hospital struggled to find nurses to care for their patients, and evacuation shelters popped up across the state to accommodate citizens struggling to heat their homes without oil during the cold New England winter. Easthampton