{"id":33851,"date":"2025-01-03T06:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/?post_type=hall-of-fame&#038;p=33851"},"modified":"2025-03-31T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:31:32","slug":"moe_latour","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-fame","link":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/hall-of-fame\/moe_latour\/","title":{"rendered":"Moe Latour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33851\" class=\"elementor elementor-33851\" data-elementor-post-type=\"hall-of-fame\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c9f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ec6e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0ec6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 1949, Moe Latour joined the New Orleans, Louisiana V.F.W. 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