Greetings cards from across Canada and as far as Australia have been filling the mailbox of Donovan Nixon, a decorated Second World War veteran in Langford, wishing him a happy birthday and thanking him for his service. But the puzzled 102-year-old Langford resident has no idea who the global well-wishers are.

Unknown to the former bomber pilot, a close friend had posted an appeal on social media asking for people to bombard Nixon with cards for his birthday on Sept. 17 and for Remembrance Day. 

91裸聊视频淟ast Remembrance Day was not a good one for him, so this one I want to blow out of the sky,91裸聊视频� said Marlene Graham in her post. 91裸聊视频淛ust so he [knows] that what he did to help us will not be forgotten.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 not very often we have the chance to say thank you to a Second World War serviceman. One lady said it nicely, 91裸聊视频楲est we forget, let91裸聊视频檚 not forget Don,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� she adds.

After reaching out for help to celebrate Nixon, Graham says she was unsure if anyone would take notice of her plea. She needn91裸聊视频檛 have worried, as people responded in their droves.

91裸聊视频淢ay your day be full of warm and happy memories 91裸聊视频� thank you for your service and helping build our country,91裸聊视频� said Roy and Beverly Schuetz from Prince Albert, Sask., in their message to Nixon, a sentiment echoed in the piles of cards in the war hero91裸聊视频檚 home in the retirement community, Cherish at Central Park.

91裸聊视频淢ichael, one of my sons went down to pick up the mail 91裸聊视频� and there's mail from [as far as] Australia,91裸聊视频� says Nixon about the moment his son returned from his mailbox, arms full of cards, postcards and letters from around the globe. 91裸聊视频淢y son said, 91裸聊视频楧ad, what are you doing? Look at them all.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 blown away,91裸聊视频� said Graham about the response. 91裸聊视频淚 was so scared the cards weren't gonna come 91裸聊视频� this is more than I could ever dream.91裸聊视频�

Graham had hoped her part in the wave of cards to Nixon would remain a secret, but unfortunately her cover had already been blown by someone who had seen her post on Facebook.

91裸聊视频淚've got to answer all these,91裸聊视频� jokes Nixon. 91裸聊视频淏ecause of you,91裸聊视频� he adds smiling wryly at Graham. 91裸聊视频淵ou91裸聊视频檙e going to have to help me sort them all out.91裸聊视频�

The pair became close after Nixon befriended Graham91裸聊视频檚 aunt, 89-year-old Glenda Graham, who also lives in Cherish. In the time they have known each other, Nixon has regaled Graham and her aunt with stories about his time in the war. 

One story he shares often is about returning from a flight during the Second World War; a rattling noise could be heard in one of his bomber91裸聊视频檚 wing fuel tanks. When they took a look inside, they found an unexploded incendiary shell.

91裸聊视频淭here were times when I thought I'll never reach 18 years of age,91裸聊视频� says Nixon. 91裸聊视频淚 was very lucky.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淪omebody out there said, 91裸聊视频楬ey, 102 is okay, but how you got there is another question,91裸聊视频� he jokes.