Posted on 01/19/2020 4:03:26 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Maj Bill White, USMC (Ret)the oldest living Marine at 104 years old. Let's do something special for him.
Operation Valentine: Retired Maj. Bill White send him Valentine's Day cards for his scrapbook.
LOS ANGELES, CA — If you have love to spare this Valentine's Day, there is someone special waiting to hear from you. Maj. Bill White, a 104-year-old World War II veteran and one of the oldest living survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima, is asking people to send him cards this Valentine's Day for his scrapbook.
The California native promises to cherish the cards.
"I'll save every one of them like I've been saving little things that have come up until right now, and they'll be a personal part of my history," White told KTXL.
White's scrapbook collection is more like a library, filled with 104 years of personal and world history. He earned a Purple Heart from the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.
"When I was wounded, I didn't have any choice in the matter. A grenade blew up about 6 inches from me," White told KTXL. "The fact that I even survived is something. There weren't too many of us."
White retired decades ago, and scrapbooking became the hobby that keeps him sharp. He devotes shelves to his collection of mementos organized by year, he told reporters. At 104, that is a lot of memories and the wisdom to appreciate the little things that connect people — such as the joy of opening a card on Valentine's Day.
His assisted living home wants to get him a basket of Valentine's Day cards. Go ahead an send one to this hero Cards can be sent to White at:
Operation Valentine ATTN: Hold for Maj. Bill White, USMC (Ret) The Oaks at Inglewood 6725 Inglewood Ave. Stockton, CA 95207
Operation Valentine
ATTN: Hold for Maj Bill White, USMC (Ret)
The Oaks at Inglewood
6725 Inglewood Ave
Stockton, CA 95207
My Dad (passed away at age 92) landed on Iwo Jima on D+1.
Not a Marine.
U.S. Army radar specialist.
This hero is getting one from me.
Can’t we send him an electronic greeting?
I don’t know. Maybe, the assisted care can print it out so he can put in his scrapbook album?
Cant put that in a scrap book, break down buy a frigen stamp and card
I suspect that he does not know what he has unleashed. In a good way. ;o)
I bought a stack of vintage new in packaging Valentines years ago. he will be getting one from me.
He’s really going to enjoy one of those. :-)
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