Mr. Pic. In one of her letters she refers to that. I don't recollect that, sir. I think it was prior to my joining the service that she referred to. When I was working full time, maybe the year right after, I don't remember, sir, that incident at all.
Mr. Jenner. All right.
Mr. Pic. Well, on these visits that I would spend with her downtown, we would eat lunch or something on Saturday. It got old after a while listening to her so I knew I was getting transferred to Virginia in September, 1953, so my wife left in August of 1953 to live with her sister until I was stationed there in September, 1953.
Mr. Jenner. Where did her sister live?
Mr. Pic. Norfolk, Va. And I was to be stationed at Portsmouth, Va., at the Naval hospital there for school purposes.
When I did finally get transferred from the ship to Portsmouth, Va., I did not make known to my mother our whereabouts or our address.
Mr. Jenner. Why not?
Mr. Pic. Like I said, sir; it was getting kind of old. The only time I had seen her would be downtown and she didn't have much to say to me and I didn't have too much to say to her.
Mr. Jenner. During this period of time there came about a substantially complete rupture then between yourself and your mother?
Mr. Pic. To a certain degree.