A soldier’s unopened, undelivered letters from World War II recently made it to his family in Ridley Park, writes Liz Crawford for CBS News Philadelphia.
A brother and sister opened three sealed letters from 80 years ago that their late father sent to his parents in 1944.
Siblings Kathleen Morris Rosati and John Morris received letters addressed to their grandmother, Mrs. Francis Morris of Drexel Hill, that were sent by their father, Jimmy Morris, while he was in the 83rd Thunderbolt Division of the U.S. Army.
They were discovered by Erik Martin in 2025 when the Massachusetts postage collector ordered a batch of war envelopes online.
“This batch had four letters to the same woman, and I saw that three of them were still sealed, so I’ve never seen that before,” Martin said.
He posted a message on a Drexel Hill Facebook page to find the descendants of Mrs. Francis Morris. A connection was made, and the letters were forwarded to the Morris family.
“Oh my gosh, it’s just incredible. … I feel like my dad’s right here with me,” Morris Rosati said.
The letters were written between May and June of 1944, around D-Day, when their father was stationed in England.
Find out what was in the letters at CBS News Philadelphia.
