[BUMPED. Just want to help him get his 100 cards. 😁]
FOX:
For his 100th birthday on June 6 — which comes 74 years after he was miraculously pulled off a Normandy-bound boat on D-Day — Michigan WWII veteran Isaac “Ike” Fabela has just one wish, his family said.
Fabela will be anxiously checking his mail, as the happy and humble vet hopes to rack up 100 birthday cards from well-wishers across the country.
“He’s always been that uncle that, whenever you see him, he puts a smile on your face,” Ike’s great-nephew, Nick Rodgers, told Fox News on Wednesday. “He’s a very humble man; he says he has everything he needs already.”
Still, Ike’s family hopes the veteran can commemorate his 100 years with 100 cards.
Ike, born in Texas in 1918, served in World War II from 1944 to 1946. His service took him to countries such as Germany and Norway. He nearly saw combat duty on D-Day on June 6, 1944, which also happened to be his 26th birthday. But he was pulled off a boat heading to the Normandy shore at the last minute, one of his eight daughters, Lolie, told Fox News on Wednesday. MORE
If you would like to send Ike a birthday card, you can mail it to:
He’s too cute! I’m in.
Just addressed his envelope. Thank you so much for the heads up!
y/w. I hope he gets a room full of cards!
He will probably need a bigger mailbox. More than 100 will be coming his way. I wonder how he happened to be taken off a Normandy bound ship.
I think 100 will be a couple magnitudes of order off from the actual count. Bless him!
In the mailbox already! :o)
In the mailbox already! :o)
Montrose!!!!! Hahahaha that’s where I graduated high school. I may stop in and say hi in person. Montrose is an extremely small town, this is huge coincidence. I’m surprised I don’t recognize his last name.
Just mailed his card. Thanks MJA.
Let’s try to make it 100,000 birthday cards for him.
Sweet! Thanks, guys.
Sending today.
Nice, gonna be busy guy!
Hope he has help to carry them all..
Stopping at the store tomorrow to get him a card!
Hope the poor guy doesn’t think we expect him to last to 1,000 if he gets that many cards!
👍👍👍
MJA. Please let us know what the final count is after 6/6 if you can find out.
Thanks.
Card going out tomorrow!
I only want ONE “card” on MY birthday.
(From my favorite site of course.)
I visualize tub after tub labeled Property of the United States Postal Service being carried out of the Montrose PO. Plan to do my part. Thanks, MJA. This is fun.
MJA,
Thank you Sir and carry on.
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