Frank S. Wright, who served in the 4th Raider Battalion in the Pacific during World War II and fought at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, wants to get 100,000 birthday cards for his 100th birthday on July 5.
Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined the Marine Corps, entering into the ranks of legends as a Marine Raider in the Pacific. He fought at Guadalcanal. He was bayonetted in the stomach while liberating Guam. He was shot in the chest and arm at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Now Wright has a request: He wants 100,000 birthday cards when he turns 100 on July 5.
“I’d like to have the children know more about World War II,” Wright told Task & Purpose recently. “This makes the teachers begin to talk to them about it.”
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