Sailor Ed Brown... joined the navy in 1944 and left for boot camp an hour after playing his last high school basketball game. He and his father had had to hurry to make it to the train station to catch the topp train passing through; there wouldn't be another for a week.
As the train pulled away, his father ran alongside shouting, "Now, son, I gotta tell you about the birds and bees! I forgot to tell you about the birds and bees!"
What, Dad!
And his dad cupped his hands and said, "You're gonna meet some women, and the only thing they want is your money!"
Brown shrugged, confused. "Okay, Dad. Bye. Tell Mom I love her."
He sat down, wondering, "What the hell's he talking about? I don't even have any money."
In Harm's Way: The sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors by Doug Stanton 2001. p.33
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