A bronze star in a case belonging to a prominent American figure O. Yang

An original and quite rare medal in excellent collector's condition. Bronze, stamping, patination. Without brands. The medal is equipped with an original leather case of an early type and a miniature strap. The medal is a bronze five-pointed star with a diameter of 1.5 inches (38 mm). The size of each of the beams is 3/16 inches (4.8 mm). At the point of alignment of all five rays, there is another 1 star of a smaller diameter. The reverse has a circular inscription "HEROIC OR A COMMENDABLE ACT" ("HEROIC OR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT"). The center of the resulting circle is provided to indicate the name of the recipient, which is applied by engraving. In our case, the name Aubrey W. Young is applied here – a famous American military and political figure. The star is attached to the ribbon by a metal rectangular loop with rounded corners. Early issue medals are extremely rare even in the USA, a guarantee of authenticity. The Bronze Star is the fourth most important military award in the world. In the US Armed Forces, if the award was made with a cluster "V" ("Valor") for heroism on the battlefield, and the ninth in the order of precedence in the usual version among all US awards. It was established on February 4, 1944 by President Franklin Roosevelt and was intended to reward military personnel whose feat was not sufficient to be awarded the Silver Star for heroism in battle, or medals of the relevant branches of the armed forces for merit in other cases. Its effect was also extended to the merits and exploits committed since December 7, 1941.

Aubrey Walsworth Young (May 1, 1922 — April 7, 2010) was a government employee in the U.S. state of Louisiana who, between 1965 and 1999, established several drug and alcohol treatment programs through the Department of Health and Hospitals. As a political activist, Young organized his contacts from Alcoholics Anonymous to support the election of Democrat John J. McKeithen as governor in the 1963-1964 election cycle.

Young was born in Monroe, Washita County, the son of Cammy Mae Galledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from Start in Richland County. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, Mississippi, east of New Orleans. He was a football quarterback at Gulf Coast under then-coach Carl Maddox, later director of athletics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Mississippi State University in Starkville. Young left military school and instead graduated from Neville High School in Monroe, where he played football and baseball and was captain of the last boxing team offered there. He was also a cheerleader and tenor at Neville's Glee Club. Young first attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette, on a boxing scholarship, but then transferred to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513rd Parachute Regiment. He received his parachutist wings after completing his training at Fort Benning in Georgia. He fought with his battalion in the European theater of World War II and took an active part in the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhine River Jump in Germany and the Battle of Luxembourg on the Our River. He received the Bronze Star, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle East Medal the campaign , the World War II Victory Medal and the Air Medal . His military service provided a lifelong commitment to the American Legion, veterans of foreign wars, and disabled American veterans. Young returned from the war with post-traumatic stress disorder, formerly known as concussion. He became an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous groups as he led his own fight against excessive alcohol consumption. He worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Delta Air Lines for a while. After working as Bailey Grant's deputy in Washita County, Young opened a diner called "The Huddle" on 18th Street in Monroe. He was also a partner at the Paragon Supper Club in Monroe with his friends, the late Tony and Joe Casio.

Young's connections through AA attracted the attention of John McKeithen, then a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who entered a crowded race to succeed term-limited Governor Jimmy Davis. McKeithen won the Democratic nomination in the second round of the election, beating Delesseps Story Morrison, the former mayor of New Orleans, and then defeated Republican candidate Charlton Lyons of Shreveport. As governor, McKeithen immediately appointed Young colonel of the Louisiana State Police and his assistant governor. The appointments required him to move to Baton Rouge, where Young lived for the rest of his life.

In 1965, Young was recognized for his work in evacuating Louisiana residents during Hurricane Betsy by the Louisiana State Legislature, which honored him with a parallel resolution, citing his "new and more meaningful concept of public service." Young was a mentor for new legislators and a contact person for government employees seeking connections with legislators. In 1966, Young was involved in security arrangements during a visit to Baton Rouge by United States Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is from Minnesota, a graduate of LSU.

In 1965, McKeithen asked Young to meet with an African-American civil rights activist in Bogalusa, also called "Young," AZ Young, in an attempt to defuse tensions during a march organized by black activists. The demonstrations followed a few months later the more famous marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. The procession completed its march with little interference, and the two Youngs struck up a long-term friendship.

In 1967, while fighting for a second term as governor against the Democrat, U.S. Representative John R. Rarick, McKeithen removed Young from his post of adjutant. After he left McKeithen's team, Young used his influence in the state government in 1968 to create a statewide program for the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics. Funds were allocated to treatment facilities in Baton Rouge, Hammond, Lafayette, Crowley, Alexandria, Lake Charles and Monroe.

In 1999, Young, who was half-retired, began working part-time in the office of Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyub. Young, who knows how to predict the winners of elections, was often approached by candidates for advice. Although Young was a Democrat, he claimed that he also had good relations with Republicans. He met with US Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter and Ronald W. Reagan, as well as with the first director of the FBI, J. By Edgar Hoover. In 2006, he assisted Republican Jay Dardenne of Baton Rouge in his successful bid for Louisiana Secretary of State in a special election held after the death of W. Fox McKeithen, the son of Young's former mentor John McKeithen.

Young died at his Baton Rouge residence at the age of eighty-seven. He is survived by his wife, the former Kathleen Smith of Baton Rouge, with whom he lived for thirty-eight years; three children: William Grant Young (born about 1960) from Durham, North Carolina (from a previous marriage), Ashley Young Munnerlin (born about 1977) from Baton Rouge and Charles Anthony Young (born circa 1979) and his wife Kristen from Bradenton, Florida; three grandchildren; sister Ann Elizabeth Owens and her husband Bill from Shreveport and mother-in-law Mabel Smith from Baton Rouge. His parents and five-year-old brother William Earl Young Jr. passed away before him. Services were held on April 13, 2010 at Jefferson Baptist Church, the service was led by Pastor Tommy French. The funeral was held at Greenox Memorial Park in Baton Rouge. Former West Monroe Mayor Bert Hutten, a longtime friend of Young, said that Young "knew a lot of people, loved people, and many loved him back and were lifelong friends. His friendship has been appreciated by many politicians over the years, and he has worked for probably every governor from John McCain to Mike Foster."

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