Today, I salute 95-year-old Korean War Veteran Ben Gross. Ben is receiving letters he wrote home more than 70 years ago after they mysteriously separated from their original package and began arriving at addresses from 1952. In late fall 2025, Ben Gross was surprised to learn his brother, Valentine Gross, had kept over two dozen letters he had written home to North Dakota during his military service. The letters, written in 1952 when Ben Gross served in the Korean War, were packed into one package for shipment to Peachtree City, where Ben now lives. But the package never arrived intact. As he looked over what he had written as a 21-year-old, the letters tell the story of a North Dakota farm boy during wartime. Some are typed, others handwritten. The letters continue to arrive. One was delivered on Saturday, but more than a dozen letters remain missing. The gift of memories and history, one unexpected letter at a time. Thank you for sharing your story Ben and THANK YOU for your service.
