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Rarick was born in rural Waterford in LaPorte County in northwestern [[Indiana]]. He graduated from Goshen High School in Goshen, Indiana and studied at [[Ball State Universit]y]] (then Teacher's College) in Muncie, Indiana.<ref name="bioguide">{{cite dictionary|title=RARICK, John Richard|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000065|publisher=United States Congress|accessdateAapril 21, 2021}}</ref>  

Rarick was born in rural Waterford in LaPorte County in northwestern [[Indiana]]. He graduated from Goshen High School in Goshen, Indiana and studied at [[Ball State Universit]y]] (then Teacher's College) in Muncie, Indiana.<ref name="bioguide">{{cite dictionary|title=RARICK, John Richard|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000065|publisher=United States Congress|accessdateAapril 21, 2021}}</ref>  

Rarick then entered the [[United States Army]]'s Specialized Training Program and was sent to [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he lived in the college barracks. He was then dispatched to the European Theater of Operations with the infantry during [[World War II]]. He was captured at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] and later escaped from a [[Germany|German]] [[prisoner of war]] camp at Würzburg. He was awarded the [[Bronze Star]] and the [[Purple Heart]].<ref name="bioguide"/><ref name="obit">John Rarick's Obituary, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate, September 16, 2009.</br><ref>

Rarick then entered the [[United States Army]]'s Specialized Training Program and was sent to [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he lived in the college barracks. He was then dispatched to the European Theater of Operations with the infantry during [[World War II]]. He was captured at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] and later escaped from a [[Germany|German]] [[prisoner of war]] camp at Würzburg. He was awarded the [[Bronze Star]] and the [[Purple Heart]].<ref name="bioguide"/><ref name="obit">John Rarick's Obituary, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate, September 16, 2009.</ref>

After his military service, Rarick obtained his bachelor's degree from LSU. He then attended [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]],  from which he graduated with an LLB and then a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1949.<ref name="bioguide"/> He was admitted to the Louisiana state bar later that year and set up a law practice in St. Francisville north of Baton Rouge. He was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association for more than sixty years.<ref name=obit/> On June 28, 1961, he was elected as a judge of the 20th Judicial District in East and West Feliciana parishes. He resigned the judgeship on May 15, 1966, to declare his candidacy for Congress.<ref name="bioguide"/>

After his military service, Rarick obtained his bachelor's degree from LSU. He then attended [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]],  from which he graduated with an LLB and then a [[Juris Doctor]]ate in 1949.<ref name="bioguide"/> He was admitted to the Louisiana state bar later that year and set up a law practice in St. Francisville north of Baton Rouge. He was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association for more than sixty years.<ref name=obit/> On June 28, 1961, he was elected as a judge of the 20th Judicial District in East and West Feliciana parishes. He resigned the judgeship on May 15, 1966, to declare his candidacy for Congress.<ref name="bioguide"/>