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==Background==
==Background==
A native of [[Lake Charles]], the seat of government for Calcasieu Parish, LeBleu graduated in 1935 from the former Lake Charles High School, since Lake Charles Boston High School, and joined a geophysical crew for [[Shell Oil]]. He was also a warehouse worker for [[Mobil Oil]] until 1942, when he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. He served during [[World War II]] in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations]] and in [[Korea]] until his honorable discharge as a staff sergeant in 1946.<ref name=lebleu>{{cite web|url=http://www.ereserves.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/lebleu075.htm
A native of [[Lake Charles]], the seat of government for Calcasieu Parish, LeBleu graduated in 1935 from the former Lake Charles High School, since Lake Charles Boston High School, and joined a geophysical crew for Shell Oil. He was also a warehouse worker for Mobil Oil until 1942, when he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. He served during [[World War II]] in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations]] and in [[Korea]] until his honorable discharge as a staff sergeant in 1946.<ref name=lebleu>{{cite web|url=http://www.ereserves.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/lebleu075.htm
|title=Biographical Sketch|publisher=|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
|title=Biographical Sketch|publisher=|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
After the war, LeBleu attended the former McNeese Junior College' in Lake Charles, and [[Colorado State University]], then '''Colorado A&M University'' in Fort Collins, [[Colorado]]. He graduated in 1950 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Agriculture]].<ref name=lebleu/>
After the war, LeBleu attended the former McNeese Junior College' in Lake Charles, and Colorado State University, then '''Colorado A&M University'' in Fort Collins, [[Colorado]]. He graduated in 1950 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Agriculture]].<ref name=lebleu/>
==Career==
==Career==