1st, 2010; A regular anon posts a picture he took of a flier featuring a man looking for people to join his 90th birthday party. Fellow anons wept tears of true bawww. Determined to find who this man was, anons set out to make an old man happy, in what is now known as Operation: Strangelove.Who is William "Birthday Boy" Lashua?
William J. Lashua was a man who (at a time before teh interwebs) joined the Army Oct 4 1943, serving for the duration of WWII plus six months. He did this to keep the Nazis from raping your grandmothers and killing people that would otherwise pollute their gene pool. Some say he is a real life Cotton Hill, though with intact knees. He is a great old man. He had his birthday party on September 4th, 2010, at the American Legion Hall in Ashburnham, MA.
Operation: Strangelove
Anonymous called the Ashburnham American Legion party (where the party was hosted), asking for the reservation and getting the name of the birthday boy. A quick search on the internet led to a man named William Lashua III, the old man's nephew. Old Army enlistment records were located. From there, a veteran database, local VA, name and address were found.
Operation: Birthday Boy
A great burst of love for William developed and blossomed into an outpouring of cards, gentle sentiments, and emotional admittances. Fans came together on Fakebook together and within a day the fan page for William's Birthday had over 1,300 likes. As night fell on the USA, various anons googlebombed "Happy Birthday William J. Lashua."
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