A World War II veteran from Ferdinand, Ind., received more than 1,000 letters for Christmas after sending in a request to a local news station.
Leroy Haug, 99, sent a letter to WEHC reporter Shelley Kirk earlier this month describing his deployment during WWII, his time fighting for General Patton’s Third Army and how he was wounded taking out a machine gun with a hand grenade, according to the outlet.
Haug went on to say in his letter, signed, "A very lonely vet, L.V. Haug, Ferdinand, Indiana," that he has felt despondent since his wife died in August and asked if the outlet could help get people to send him Christmas cards to cheer him up.
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