Letters from a Sailor

Letters from a Sailor
Clark "Buss" Gerdes, USN

Sunday, November 3, 2013

"Honor Student"

4 September 1953
"Well I passed my first test today. There were 40 that took the test and 12 failed it. So I guess all the studying was not in vain...I said a little prayer before I took the test. I believe that is what actually helped me to pass...I guess you are really looking for your old man to come home, aren't you..."

Note: This is the last letter Buss will write to Ruth for 2 1/2 years. It will be 24 February 1956 when we hear from him again when Ruth and their baby boy, Timothy, are on a trip to Baldwin, New York to visit Ruth's mother and sister.







 

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