This WWII veteran wants 100 birthday cards for his 100th birthday

CNN ^ | Sept. 22, 2019 | Amanda Jackson

[Innovative]

I tried to read his sign, but you might want to double check at the picture at the link.

James South

5800 North Park Dr.

Watauga, TX 76148

[Fungi]

100? He’ll be getting thousands. I’ll bet Trump sends him one.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Have we learned nothing from Craig Shergold?

[MHGinTN]

I ould bet he will receive enough cards to give a hundred to everyone else where he lives. God bless this man and his service to humanity.

[Fungi]

What was supposed to be learned?

[Innovative]

He lives in a nursing home and they are helping to get the word out.

[Bruce Kurtz]

I sent him a card. I know the source is CNN, but he seems legit.

[MomwithHope]

Thanks for posting. This has been a hobby for the last couple of years, I usually do an internet search for news articles.

[Innovative]

There was another instance over twenty years ago, when someone asked for birthday cards and got so many, it ended up in the Guinness book of world records. People have been copying the idea ever since.

But I think this is real.

[lizma2]

It is.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/life/heartwarming/100birthdaycardsworldwariiveteranintexas/287-373a4d7d-cb1a-424f-919d-73eb65bf05c2

[SunkenCiv]

James South
c/o Brookdale Watauga
5800 North Park Drive,
Watauga, TX 76148-2453
817-498-2222

https://www.brookdale.com/en/communities/brookdale-watauga.html

[Tax-chick]

BTTT.

[Rusty0604]

I just had to go buy my granddaughter a birthday card, so I got him one too and mailed it.

[politicianslie]

James South
c/o Brookdale Watauga
5800 North Park Drive,
Watauga, TX 76148-2453
817-498-2222

https://www.brookdale.com/en/communities/brookdale-watauga.html

If we all added a $buck or two, he will eat steak for a long time.

[oldvirginian]

Mailing one tomorrow.
I hope he gets thousands.

[sanjuanbob]

File

[cabbieguy]

I am a veteran of the USMC turning 80 in a few days, 80 checks for a million each would sure help out!

[upchuck]

Card will be mailed tomorrow. Thanked him for his service to our precious country.

[ArcadeQuarters]

That this request can get out of control and waste a lot of time and money. The post office was flooded with millions of cards. He had to repeatedly ask the public to stop sending them.

[Larry Lucido]

The post office was flooded with millions of cards. He had to repeatedly ask the public to stop sending them.

And I kept writing back, "Okay!"