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'''Ansel Martin Stroud, Jr.''', often called '''Buddy Stroud''' (April 5, 1927  – July 1, 2016), was a  [[United States Army]] [[major general]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], whose career extended from 1944 to 1997. He was particularly known as the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard during the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[David C. Treen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and Mike Foster.

'''Ansel Martin Stroud, Jr.''', often called '''Buddy Stroud''' (April 5, 1927  – July 1, 2016), was a  [[United States Army]] [[major general]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], whose career extended from 1944 to 1997. He was particularly known as the adjutant general of the 14,000-member Louisiana National Guard during the administrations of [[Governor]]s [[David C. Treen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and Mike Foster.

==Background==

==Background==

By his first wife, the former Barbara White, now deceased, he had four sons, Ansel Stroud, III, and wife Joan, Daniel Garber Stroud and wife Helen, William Lee Stroud and wife Lee Ann, and Michael Allyn Stroud and wife Lea. From his second marriage to the former Jane Smith Pearce (born June 1925), he acquired five step-children, Betty Pearce, Mary-Clyde Greene and husband, Wiley; Margaret Pearce Price, the widow of Richard Price; Louise Pearce; and Preston Pearce and wife, Karen, and seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=a-m-stroud&pid=180534402&fhid=6593#sthash.kalJIGS7.dpuf|title=Ansel M. Stroud, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

By his first wife, the former Barbara White, now deceased, he had four sons, Ansel Stroud, III, and wife Joan, Daniel Garber Stroud and wife Helen, William Lee Stroud and wife Lee Ann, and Michael Allyn Stroud and wife Lea. From his second marriage to the former Jane Smith Pearce (born June 1925), he acquired five step-children, Betty Pearce, Mary-Clyde Greene and husband, Wiley; Margaret Pearce Price, the widow of Richard Price; Louise Pearce; and Preston Pearce and wife, Karen, and seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=a-m-stroud&pid=180534402&fhid=6593#sthash.kalJIGS7.dpuf|title=Ansel M. Stroud, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Stroud received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the State of New York and studied as well at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, [[Kansas]], and the Army War College in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]]. He joined the Louisiana National Guard in June 1947. In 1962, he was named president of the National Guard Association of Louisiana. In 1989, he was appointed director of the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness. He was president too of the National Guard Association of the United States and president of the Adjutants General Association of the United States. Under Stroud, some 6,400 Louisiana National Guard personnel in 1991 were mobilized during [[Operation Desert Storm]], in which [[Iraq]]I forces were quickly expelled from [[Kuwait]]. Units under Stroud trained and participated in joint military exercises with other countries world-wide. Stroud worked to develop the Youth Challenge Program, which operating in thirty-seven states has sought to rehabilitate troubled young people and to give them the skills to render productive lives.<ref name=obit/>

Stroud received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the State of New York and studied as well at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, [[Kansas]], and the Army War College in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]]. He joined the Louisiana National Guard in June 1947. In 1962, he was named president of the National Guard Association of Louisiana. In 1989, he was appointed director of the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness. He was president too of the National Guard Association of the United States and president of the Adjutants General Association of the United States. Under Stroud, some 6,400 Louisiana National Guard personnel in 1991 were mobilized during [[Operation Desert Storm]], in which [[Iraq]]I forces were quickly expelled from [[Kuwait]]. Units under Stroud trained and participated in joint military exercises with other countries world-wide. Stroud worked to develop the Youth Challenge Program, which operating in thirty-seven states has sought to rehabilitate troubled young people and to give them the skills to render productive lives.<ref name=obit/>

In 1972, Governor Edwin Edwards in the first of his four terms in office, named Stroud the assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard. Edwards' first successor and two-time opponent, David Treen, elevated Stroud to adjutant general in 1980. In 1991, Stroud spoke out for the fourth election of Edwards against [[David Duke]], the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman and [[Republican party|Republican]] gubernatorial candidate that year.

In 1972, Governor Edwin Edwards in the first of his four terms in office, named Stroud the assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard. Edwards' first successor and two-time opponent, David Treen, elevated Stroud to adjutant general in 1980. In 1991, Stroud spoke out while in uniform against [[David Duke]], the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman and [[Republican party|Republican]] gubernatorial candidate who lost that year to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Edwin Edwards. Stroud said the endorsement of Edwards was his only venture into politics but he would again if needed speak out against Duke.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theamericanscholar.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-david-duke/#|title=The Rise and Fall of David Duke: Breaking the Code of right-wing populism in Louisiana|publisher=''The American Scholar''|author=Lawrence N. Powell|date=September 1, 1995|accessdate=September 15, 2017}}</ref>

Stroud was also a farmer and [[business]]man and the first director of the Red River Economic Development Corporation in Shreveport, through which he worked to obtain federal grants for agencies in northwestern Louisiana. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, the Shriners, and the Ellerbe Road [[United Methodist]] Church in Shreveport.

Stroud was also a farmer and [[business]]man and the first director of the Red River Economic Development Corporation in Shreveport, through which he worked to obtain federal grants for agencies in northwestern Louisiana. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, the Shriners, and the Ellerbe Road [[United Methodist]] Church in Shreveport.