St. Landry Parish Sheriff Daley J. “Cat” Doucet

Legendary St. Landry Parish Sheriff Daley J. “Cat” Doucet was one of the dignitaries who greeted French President Charles deGaulle when he visited Louisiana at the end of April 1960, and had some complimentary things to say about him, Afterwards, for example, Doucet, told the press, “His French isn’t too bad.”