This 104-year-old veteran is receiving Valentine's Day cards from all over the country.
Maj. Bill White, a resident at an assisted living facility in Stockton, California, launched"Operation Valentine" asking to receive"So far White has received cards from all over … he has even received some gifts and packages,” Diane Wright, executive director of The Oaks at Inglewood where White resides, told ABC News. “We are looking at over 2,000 cards so far. Quite astonishing!”
Maj. Bill White, a resident at an assisted living facility in Stockton, California, has received over 2,000 Valentine's Day cards for "Operation Valentine" from strangers around the world. Maj. Bill White, a resident at an assisted living facility in Stockton, California, has received over 2,000 Valentine's Day cards for "Operation Valentine" from strangers around the world.MORE: Watch this 91-year-old woman groove to Elvis Presley's 'Jailhouse Rock'White spent 30 years of active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received a Purple Heart on Mar. 3, 1946, for surviving the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 when he was stationed in Japan.
After returning to the U.S. and starting a family, White worked as a police officer. Throughout his entire life, one of his favorite hobbies has been scrapbooking. Every year, White organized his memories and milestones into binders.
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