Mr. Jenner. His enlistment, when you learned about it, and how. He enlisted in October 1956. He was then 17 years old.
Mr. Pic. My mother told me some way or another, I don't remember, sir. This is how I learned about it, either by phone call or by letter or some way. Of course, I knew he would do it as soon as he reached the age.
Mr. Jenner. All right. Why did you know he would do it and tell us the circumstances upon which you, the facts upon which you base that observation?
Mr. Pic. He did it for the same reasons that I did it and Robert did it, I assume, to get from out and under.
Mr. Jenner. Out and under what?
Mr. Pic. The yoke of oppression from my mother.
Mr. Jenner. Had that been a matter of discussion between you and for example, between you and your brother Robert?
Mr. Pic. No, sir; it was just something we understood about and never discussed.
Mr. Jenner. And that would include Lee as well as your brother Robert; that is, you were all aware of it?
Mr. Pic. I know this includes my brother Robert. Of course, when I was 18 years old I didn't discuss things like this with Lee, who was much younger.