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| − | '''George Patout Broussard, Sr.''' (September 17, 1916 – August 30, 1977), was a decorated [[World War II]] [[United States Army]] officer, the son of a [[United States Senate|United States senator]], and a [[veterinarian]] from his native New Iberia, [[Louisiana]], who conducted research on the [[disease]]s of anaplasmosis and brucellosis.
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| − | Broussard is descended from an influential family of Iberia Parish in the [[sugar]]-producing region of South Louisiana. His parents were Senator Edwin Sidney Broussard, I, and the former Marie Clair Patout (1878-1945), for whom he and his oldest brother received their middle names. He was a paternal [[nephew]] of U.S. Senator Robert F. Broussard of New Iberia and a paternal grandson of Jean Dorville Broussard (1832-1920) and the former Anastasie Elizadie Gondoulin (1834-1898), both of New Iberia. He had five siblings, the oldest of whom, Felix Patout Broussard (1906-1982), was the manager of the St. Mary Sugar Cooperative in Jeanerette in Iberia Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Broussard&GSfn=Felix&GSmn=Patout&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=124042224&df=all&
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| − | |title=Felix Patout Broussard|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The youngest sibling was the New Iberia farmer Eugene D. Broussard, Sr. (1917-2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?|title=Eugene D. Broussard, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave from ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''
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| − | The Broussards consider themselves [[Cajun]], a reference to their Acadian heritage. While family members are most prevalent in Vermilion Parish, there remains a significant concentration as well in Iberia, Lafayette, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, and Orleans parishes.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncc4sjcNmGIC&pg=PA88&dq=george+p.+broussard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRq9zkkNnRAhXqiVQKHY2nDsEQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=george%20p.%20broussard&f=false|author=Warren A. Perrin|title=Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Broussard to the Queen's Royal Proclamation|publisher=Andrepont|location=Opelousas, Louisiana|date=2004|page=88|isbn=978-0970407313}}</ref>
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| − | Broussard was educated in [[Washington, D.C.]], during the time his father was a senator, and then New Iberia Senior High School and [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station, [[Texas]], where he obtained his D.V.M. degree.<ref name=bio>"George Patout Broussard", ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 1 (1988), publication of the Louisiana Historical Association, p. 114.</ref>
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| − | On June 21, 1947, Broussard married the former Flora Therese Schwing (born December 1923), who survives him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2859825|title=Flora Broussard, December 1923|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}</ref> She is the daughter of John Elmer Schwing (1877-1946), an [[Lawyer|attorney]] and [[banker]], and the former Anna Blanchet (1890-1981). There are six Broussard sons: George P., Jr. (born 1949), Edwin S., III (born 1951), Thomas S. (born 1953), Daniel S. (born 1954), Kenneth J. S. (born 1961), and Benedict Jacques (born 1963).<ref name=bio/><ref name=findagrave/>
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| − | On June 29, 1941, Broussard was activated as a first lieutenant in the Fourth Corps Cavalry at Fort Bragg, [[North Carolina]]. He was subsequently stationed in the Pacific Theater of Operations in [[New Caledonia]] and later at Fort Sam Houston in [[San Antonio]], Texas. He was discharged on December 13, 1945, at the rank of [[major]]. He received the [[Bronze Star]] medal in the battles of [[Guadalcanal]] and the [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]] and the Asiatic–Pacific Theater Ribbon.<ref name=bio/>
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| − | In 1946, after the war, Broussard resumed his practice of veterinary medicine in New Iberia, where he was mentored for a time by Dr. J. Arthur Goodwin (1877-1962).<ref name=iberian/> In the fall of 1947, he was called upon to examine a new colt sired by a 12-year-old work [[mule]] in St. Martinville, Louisiana. He determined that only three such cases of a mule siring a colt had then occurred. The colt seemed normal except for its peculiar shaped head. Just prior to the birth of the colt, the mule had pulled a sugar cane wagon. This unusual birth attracted national attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2833699/
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| − | |title=Work Mule Turns Up With Horse Colt |publisher=''Mexico Ledger''|location=Mexico, [[Missouri]]|date=November 18, 1947|page=7|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/26672580/|title=Louisiana Work Mule Turns up with Horse Colt|publisher=''Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune''|location=Chillicothe, Missouri|date=November 17, 1947|page=5|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| − | Because of his work with anaplasmosis and brucellosis, Broussard became a world-renowned cattle practitioner<ref name=iberian/> and in particular demand by the owners of livestock, dairy cattle, [[horse]]s, and mules. During most of his practice, Broussard worked with two other veterinarians, Harold A. Reaux (1921-2009), a New Iberia native who worked his way through the [[Auburn University]] School of Veterinary Medicine in [[Alabama]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Reaux&GSfn=Harold&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=45705144&df=all&|title=Harold A. "Doc" Reaux|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> and Albert Alonzo Woodburn (1921-1999), a native of [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], and a sergeant in World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72145177|title=Sgt. Albert Alonzo Woodburn|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The three did not consider themselves competitors. In time, after Broussard's death the nature of the business shifted to house pets, rather than commercial animals, for which there was less need because of tractors and other technological advancements in [[agriculture]].<ref name=iberian>{{cite web|url=http://www.iberianet.com/people/features/the-big-small-of-it/article_8dd5e24e-8763-11e3-9500-0019bb2963f4.html|title=The big & small of it: Vet care focus changes from livestock to house pets|author=Sarah Blanchard|publisher=''The Daily Iberian''|location=New Iberia, Louisiana|date=January 27, 2014|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
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| − | Dr. Broussard was affiliated with the American and Louisiana veterinary medical associations and was a member of the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Board of Examiners. He was president of the Iberia Cattleman's Association, the vice president of the Attakapas Historical Association, and active in the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref name=bio/><ref name=findagrave/>
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| − | Broussard was active in the St. Peter's [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic Church]] in New Iberia. He died at the age of sixty in New Iberia and is entombed there with military honors at the Holy Family Cemetery and Mausoleum.<ref name=bio/><ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Broussard&GSfn=George&GSmn=Patout&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=113482994&df=all&|title=Maj. George Patout Broussard|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 21, 2017}}</ref>
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