Editing Patrick Lucey (section)

==Early life and education==
Lucey was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on March 21, 1918, the son of Ella (McNamara) and Gregory Lucey.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCEl1sqlZLQC&q=Gregory+Ella+Lucey&pg=PA234|title=Wisconsin Encyclopedia|isbn=9781878592613|last1=Herman|first1=Jennifer|date=January 2008|publisher=State History Publications }}</ref> He grew up in the village of [[Ferryville, Wisconsin]], and graduated from [[Campion High School]] in nearby [[Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin]], in 1935.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campion-knights.org/Notables/|title=Campion Graduate Notables|website=campion-knights.org|accessdate=July 7, 2023}}</ref> He later attended [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|St. Thomas College]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. During [[World War II]] Lucey was [[Conscription in the United States|drafted]] and served in the [[Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)|United States Army Quartermaster Corps]] in the [[Caribbean]] until he was discharged with the rank of captain in 1945.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anderson's Running Mate: Patrick Joseph Lucey |author=Richard D. Lyons |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=26 August 1980 }}</ref> After the war, Lucey graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1946 with a B.A. in philosophy.<ref name=dictionary>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1959 |title= Lucey, Patrick J. 1918 |work=Dictionary of Wisconsin History |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>