Mr. Mooney. Hopkins County, south of Brashear.
Mr. Ball. Did you go to school there?
Mr. Mooney. I went to school at Middle Grove, Tex.
Mr. Ball. How far did you go through school?
Mr. Mooney. I finished high school there.
Mr. Ball. And then where did you go?
Mr. Mooney. Well, I finished making a crop—I was a farm boy. My father passed away. I started school at A. & M. and had to withdraw after my father's death, and come back home to my mother, because I was the only child at home. And later on I took a course in aeronautical work, at Luscomb School of Aeronautics, in Dallas, which is about—at that time was about 75 miles from my home, and finished the course, and worked for Luscomb in Garland, Tex., which is a suburb, or 15 miles out of Dallas.
And I worked there approximately a year before I was drafted into the U.S. armed services. I was 19 years old when I was drafted, one of the first.
Mr. Ball. How long were you in the service?
Mr. Mooney. From 1942—I went in December, I believe it was, 28th, 1942, and got out February 20, 1946. I believe that is correct.