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'''Alma mater''':<br>
 
'''Alma mater''':<br>
 
Catholic High School (New Iberia)<br>
 
Catholic High School (New Iberia)<br>
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[[Louisiana State University]]
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[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
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Command and General Staff College<br> (Fort Leavenworth, [[Kansas]])
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'''Notes''' :<br>
    
(1) Angers's ''Acadiana Profile'' is the longest-running, still active independent [[magazine]] in Louisiana history.​<br>
 
(1) Angers's ''Acadiana Profile'' is the longest-running, still active independent [[magazine]] in Louisiana history.​<br>
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(4) Angers's [[conservative]] writings prompted [[Freedoms Foundation]] of [[Valley Forge]] to present Angers with its George Washington Award.<br>​
 
(4) Angers's [[conservative]] writings prompted [[Freedoms Foundation]] of [[Valley Forge]] to present Angers with its George Washington Award.<br>​
 
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(5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]], he left the GOP after fourteen years and became an [[Independent]] voter.​
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(5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]], he left the GOP after fourteen years and became an [[Independent]] voter.
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|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>
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24th Infantry Regiment
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​|rank=[[Major]]
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|battles=[[World War II]]
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|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
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Combat Infantryman Badge
 
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'''Robert John Angers, Jr.''' (October 20, 1919 &ndash; October 13, 1988),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=FindAGraveUS&indiv=try&h=99876669|title=Maj. Robert J. Angers, Jr.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=October 10, 2019}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[business]]man, and [[conservative]] [[politician]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]]. ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."<ref name=dlb>Robert John Angers, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' ([[Lafayette]]: Louisiana Historical Association, 1999), pp. 4-5.</ref>​
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'''Robert John Angers, Jr.''' (October 20, 1919 &ndash; October 13, 1988),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=FindAGraveUS&indiv=try&h=99876669|title=Maj. Robert J. Angers, Jr.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=October 10, 2019}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[business]]man, and [[conservative]] [[politician]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]]. ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."<ref name=dlb>Robert John Angers, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' ([[Lafayette]]: Louisiana Historical Associanittion, 1999), pp. 4-5.</ref>​
 
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