Mr. JENNER. He always wanted to go into the Marines?
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about that. How do you know that?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, because when he was going to Beauregard, he wanted to be a marine.
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he always wanted to be a marine. He often said that.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall a period of time when he wasn't in high school, but he still lived there?
Mrs. EVANS. No; because they moved from my house, and I lost contact with them.
Mr. JENNER. But while they were living in your apartment, did he actually express a desire to go into the Marines?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he was always ambitious to be a marine, as far as I know.
Mr. JENNER. Did he ever express a desire to be like his brother, since it wound up that they were both in the Marines?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, yes; I think he wanted to be like his brothers; they were both in the service, you know. I think John was a marine, but I can't remember what branch of the service Robert was in.
Mr. JENNER. Well, John was in the Coast Guard, I think.
Mrs. EVANS. Well, the Coast Guard, and so Robert must have been in the marines.
Mrs. EVANS. As long as I have known Lee though, he has wanted to be in the Marines. That's one of the things he said he always wanted to do.
Mr. JENNER. Did you learn anything as to the mother's attitude in that respect, about her boys going into the service, and particularly Lee?
Mrs. EVANS. No; but Margie was satisfied that her children were going into the service, because she didn't have the money to send them to college, so they could graduate and all that, so it was natural that they would go in the service after they got out of high school.
Mr. JENNER. Did you ever meet Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. EVANS. No; you mean the lady who brought Marina to New Orleans?
Mrs. EVANS. No; because I never even met his wife. I never went there at all. He called me, like I said, and told me that his wife had come to New Orleans, and he said he would like for me to come up and visit them and meet her, and I said, "Lee, I am going to try to come," and I said, "You-all come to see us," and he said, "Come just any time." He said Marina was anxious to meet me, and to come up and visit them at any time.
Mr. JENNER. I have no further questions, but I would like to ask you this general question, Mrs. Evans: