World War II veteran

Just eight days shy of his 101st birthday, Harold Gross, who owned, trained and bred horses, primarily in Michigan, passed away on Jan. 4. Gross was born in Germany in 1925 before his family emigrated to the Dominican Republic. He later spent time in Haiti before he moved to the U.S. as a teenager, settling in Detroit. Gross' life involved far more than horse racing. Gross was a World War II veteran and took part in D-Day Invasion, storming Normandy Beach. Because he spoke fluent German and French, he was...