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==Background==

==Background==

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Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]], [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​

Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, tothe former Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​

 

In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the [[Rhine River]] Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and the [[Disabled American Veterans]].<ref name=obit/>​

In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the [[Rhine River]] Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and the [[Disabled American Veterans]].<ref name=obit/>​

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Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>​

Young returned from war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as shell shock.<ref name=mns/> He became active in Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he fought his own battle with liquor. He worked for a time for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines. After a stint as a deputy under [[Sheriff]] Bailey Grant of Ouachita Parish,<ref name=mns/> Young opened a [[hamburger]] shop called The Huddle on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner in the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Cascio.<ref name=obit/>​

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==Aide de camp to the governor==​

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Young's connections through AA caught the attention of John McKeithen, then a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who had entered the crowded race to succeed the term-limited Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. McKeithen won the Democratic nomination in a runoff election over deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), the former [[mayor]] of New Orleans, and then defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]]. As governor, McKeithen promptly named Young a colonel with the Louisiana State Police and as his gubernatorial aide de camp. The appointments required his relocation to Baton Rouge, where Young resided for the remainder of his life.<ref name=obit/>​

Young's connections through AA caught the attention of John McKeithen, then a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who had entered the crowded race to succeed the term-limited Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. McKeithen won the Democratic nomination in a runoff election over deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), the former [[mayor]] of New Orleans, and then defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Charlton Lyons]] of [[Shreveport]]. As governor, McKeithen promptly named Young a colonel with the Louisiana State Police and as his gubernatorial aide de camp. The appointments required his relocation to Baton Rouge, where Young resided for the remainder of his life.<ref name=obit/>​

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In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against fellow Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against fellow Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

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Young, heavily involved in labor matters, also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

Heavily involved in labor matters, Young also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

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''Life Magazine'' reported that Young had made fifty to sixty telephone calls from the governor's office to Carlos Marcello in 1966 and 1967, but East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent Pitcher conducted a probe and could not substantiate the magazine's claim. Young admitted to having received two calls from Marcello, one dealing with what became the now Mercedes-Benz Superdome and another in regard to Dalton Smith's attempt to bribe Edward Grady Partin. Pitcher said that the telephone used was actually that of Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs, a former state senator from Rapides Parish who was then Governor McKeithen's unpaid administrative assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1968/68-07/68-07-32.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title="B. R. Probe Finds No Proof of Marcella-Young Calls"|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|date=July 16, 1968|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> Another source alleges that Young was "tied" to Marcello.<ref name=novel>{{cite web|url=http://www.combat-diaries.co.uk/dairy18/diary18chapter_5.htm|title=A Short Encyclopedia of Modern Visionaries: Gordon Novel section|publisher=combat-diaries.co.uk|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

''Life Magazine'' reported that Young had made fifty to sixty telephone calls from the governor's office to Carlos Marcello in 1966 and 1967, but East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent Pitcher conducted a probe and could not substantiate the magazine's claim. Young admitted to having received two calls from Marcello, one dealing with what became the now Mercedes-Benz Superdome and another in regard to Dalton Smith's attempt to bribe Edward Grady Partin. Pitcher said that the telephone used was actually that of Crawford Hugh "Sammy" Downs, a former state senator from Rapides Parish who was then Governor McKeithen's unpaid administrative assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1968/68-07/68-07-32.pdf|author=[[Bill Lynch]]|title="B. R. Probe Finds No Proof of Marcella-Young Calls"|publisher=''New Orleans States-Item''|date=July 16, 1968|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> Another source alleges that Young was "tied" to Marcello.<ref name=novel>{{cite web|url=http://www.combat-diaries.co.uk/dairy18/diary18chapter_5.htm|title=A Short Encyclopedia of Modern Visionaries: Gordon Novel section|publisher=combat-diaries.co.uk|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​