Students from Amity Middle School in Orange sent Texas veteran James South over 100 cards to celebrate his 100th birthday. Photo by Jennifer Marganski.
Orange Amity Middle School students heard that Texas-based veteran James South was hoping to receive 100 cards for his Oct. 7 birthday, when we will turn 100 years old. So they got to work and sent him 117 cards.
South is a World War II veteran who joined the Army in 1940 and was deployed to Normandy just days after D-Day. His family has a three-day celebration planned for him, which includes playing golf and eating chicken fried steak and catfish.