Moyeboy-51

About the Book

Moyeboy 51 is an autobiography about the Author’s
family, his Education, his military career and his job
opportunities throughout the world during the past
seventy five years. He emphasizes the discipline, hard
work and self confidence that he used in achieving his
goals and dreams.
He was born and raised in the small west Texas town
of Presidio. His early formative years started at the age
of nine, when he was sent to Moye Military School in
Castroville, Texas, where he continued to be a Moye
cadet for the next five years until he graduated from
the eighth grade. His subsequent education through
high school and college led to being commissioned a
second Lieutenant in the AF and retired as a captain i n
1979. His military career enabled him to be hired by an
aerospace contracting company to work in Saudi Arabia
for six years in support of F-15 fighter aircraft.
He and his family returned to the states and in 1991
settled in San Antonio and became a public school teacher
and had several other short term job opportunities.

About the Author

Luis A. Jimenez was born January 9, 1937 in Presidio, Texas and during his early childhood years, World War II was on everyone’s mind. His dad went off to war while his mother stayed behind caring for his little brother, Jose Antonio. It was then that he started to have visions and dreams of someday becoming a soldier. After the war, his dad came home and bought his employer’s store and he and his mother operated it successfully for the next 30 years. At the age of 9, he was sent to Moye Military School in Castroville, Texas where he graduated from the 8thgrade. By then, he had his set of goal in completing high school and going to college to become an Air Force officer. Twenty years later, his goal and dreams came true. He graduated from high school at St. Edwards in Austin and then got his degree from Rollins College in Orlando, Florida. He joined the AF in 1957 and retired in 1979 as an AF Captain, which enabled him to be hired as a civilian by several international aircraft companies overseas. In 1990, his family decided to come and settle in San Antonio, and for the next 10 years, he did substitute teaching. He is now busy maintaining his rental properties and enjoying his two grandchildren.