Photo courtesy Amy Louhela

Esko's Dale Erickson, right, shakes hands with Edward Kachinske, the oldest Marine at the Marine Corps Ball held at the Cloquet VFW in November. Erickson lived through the Korean War, but healing from the horrors he saw there took decades. He has written a memoir about his service, an opening up that has been part of his recovery from post traumatic stress disorder.