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'''Odon Lessley Bacqué, Jr.''', also known as '''Don Bacqué''' (born November 30, 1944), is a  [[Independent voter|No Party]] former state representative for District 43 in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]],  [[Louisiana]], who served a single term in office from 1988 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

'''Odon Lessley Bacqué, Jr.''', also known as '''Don Bacqué''' (born November 30, 1944), is a  [[Independent voter|No Party]] former state representative for District 43 in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]],  [[Louisiana]], who served a single term in office from 1988 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, he released a book of comedy about the foibles of the [[Vietnam War]], in which he served  from 1968 to 1970.​

In 2014, he released a book of comedy about the foibles of the [[Vietnam War]] in which he served  from 1968 to 1970.​

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==Non-fiction writer==

==Non-fiction writer==

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In 2014, Bacqué published the e-book entitled ''A Walk in the Park: A Vietnam Comedy,'' which examines comic situations that he encountered in the military but without the cynicism of such well-known [[novel]]s as ''[[Catch 22]]'' or ''MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.'' Bacqué told the reporter Bill Decker of ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that his '''"experience wasn't heroic. It was comedic. ... Those things that we did to occupy that time is what most young people do when they’re in a crazy situation."'''<ref name=bdecker>{{cite web|url=http://archive.theadvertiser.com/article/20140412/NEWS01/304120019/Acadiana-People-Bacque-s-book-tells-war-stories-from-behind-lines|author=Bill Decker|title=Acadiana People: Bacqué's book tells war stories from behind the lines|date=April 13, 2014|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref>​

In 2014, Bacqué published the e-book entitled ''A Walk in the Park: A Vietnam Comedy,'' which examines comic situations that he encountered in the military but without the cynicism of such well-known [[novel]]s as ''[[Catch 22]]'' or ''MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.'' Bacqué told the reporter Bill Decker of ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that his '''"experience wasn't heroic. It was comedic. ... Those things that we did to occupy that time is what most young people do when they’re in a crazy situation."'''<ref name=bdecker>Bill Decker, "Acadiana People: Bacqué's book tells war stories from behind the lines, ''the Lafayette Daily Advertiser=|date=April 12, 2014; material no longer on-line.</ref>​

Bacqué had mistakenly believed that his poor eyesight would spare him from combat. Forty years after his military service ended, Bacqué found that his memories were fading until, when he was moving to another house, he found some wartime letters that he had written to his wife, the former Carola Lipsey (born November 12, 1946), known as "Cookie" Bacqué, by whom he has two daughters, Leslie and Emily. The letters quickly rekindled his Vietnam experience and enabled him to write his book.<ref name=bdecker/>

Bacqué had mistakenly believed that his poor eyesight would spare him from combat. Forty years after his military service ended, Bacqué found that his memories were fading until, when he was moving to another house, he found some wartime letters that he had written to his wife, the former Carola Lipsey (born November 12, 1946), known as "Cookie" Bacqué, by whom he has two daughters, Leslie and Emily. The letters quickly rekindled his Vietnam experience and enabled him to write his book.<ref name=bdecker/>