Letters from a Sailor

Letters from a Sailor
Clark "Buss" Gerdes, USN

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

5 May 1952

"I sent the money off to the folks in today's mail, now I have less than one dollar to my name."

 Note: He continued with the ruse of 'only having' X amount of money 'to my name' later on in life. As we would walk around running errands, he would reach into his pocket, pull out a handful of change, and say, 'This is all we have to live on til my next paycheck'. Yeah, riiiight Dad.

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