Postal bins packed with envelopes of every colour are stacked high on two sofas and the floor of Sherman's home — and that's only a few thousand of them.
Thousands more are stored at a friend's house and there are bins still to be picked up at the post office, Morse said.
Since her father is legally blind, Morse has been reading the cards and letters out loud to her dad.
The commander of the USSS Cowpens, a guided missile cruiser stationed in San Diego, sent a letter and then visited with several officers to take Sherman to lunch.
A group of officers from the US Navy Sonar School in San Diego also paid a visit — listening intently as Sherman told stories about his WW II experience.
Sue Morse and her dad Duane Sherman in Fullerton, California.
The mail also brought gifts of mementos such as an American flag that flew over Pearl Harbour, a scale model of a battleship and a plaque carved out of wood from the USS Constitution.
"It was very gratifying," Sherman said. "It was hard to believe."
Sherman enlisted in the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbour was attacked on December 7, 1941. He was stationed aboard the USS Lamson, a destroyer that saw several battles in the Pacific.
So far, Morse has read about 1700 letters. She will enlist the help of several friends for the rest and wants to respond to most of the letters.
