Editing Fritz Hollings (section)

==Education and personal life==

Hollings graduated from [[The Citadel]] in 1942, receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree. He achieved a [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1947 after one year and nine months at the [[University of South Carolina]], and joined a law practice in Charleston.<ref>{{cite book|title= Making Government Work|url= https://archive.org/details/makinggovernment00holl|url-access= registration|year= 2008|publisher= University of South Carolina Press|location= Columbia, S.C.|page= [https://archive.org/details/makinggovernment00holl/page/9 9] |author= Hollings, Ernest with Kirk Victor|isbn= 9781570037603}}</ref> Hollings was a member of the [[Pi Kappa Phi]] fraternity.  He was a member of the German Friendly Society of Charleston from 1976 to 1991.

Hollings was married to Rita Liddy "Peatsy" Hollings from August 21, 1971, until her death in October 2012.<ref name="scencyclopedia.org">[http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/hollings-ernest-frederick/ "Hollings, Ernest Frederick "'Fritz'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406161813/http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/hollings-ernest-frederick/ |date=April 6, 2019 }} ''South Carolina Encyclopedia'' retrieved April 6, 2019</ref><ref name="google1591">{{cite news |title=Sen. Hollings to Wed Office Assistant |author=UPI |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_TseAAAAIBAJ&pg=1591,819273&dq=rita+hollings&hl=en |newspaper=The Dispatch |date=July 12, 1971 |access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>
{{Citation |last=Ruiz |first=Myra |date=July 23, 2010 |title=Biden Speaks At Hollings Library Dedication |publisher=WYFF4 News |url=http://www.wyff4.com/r/24366780/detail.html |access-date=October 4, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He had four children (Michael,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollings' son to run for lieutenant governor |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fyofAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806,1966207&dq=michael-hollings&hl=en |newspaper=Herald-Journal |date=June 14, 2006 |access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref> Helen,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollings Granddaughter Dies; Presidential Hopeful Flies Home |agency=Associated Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ScBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4537,7213293&dq=helen-hollings+ernest&hl=en |newspaper=Ocala star-Banner |date=August 14, 1983 |access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref> Patricia Salley,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollings family lays daughter to rest |author=Schuyler Kropf |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DahbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5588,1423874&dq=salley-hollings&hl=en |newspaper=The Post and Courier |date=April 19, 2003 |access-date=October 4, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and Ernest III<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |year=1959 |title=Milestones, Mar. 23, 1959 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892386,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211083145/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892386,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>) with his first wife, Martha Patricia Salley Hollings,<ref name="google1591"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_south_carolina/col2-content/main-content-list/title_hollings_ernest.html |title=Ernest Frederick Hollings |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=October 5, 2011 |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512223211/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_south_carolina/col2-content/main-content-list/title_hollings_ernest.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=South Carolina's First Lady |author=Priscilla Meyer |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jp5JAAAAIBAJ&pg=2711,574748&dq=patricia+salley+hollings&hl=en |newspaper=The News and Courier |date=February 5, 1961 |access-date=October 4, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> whom he married on March 30, 1946.<ref name="scencyclopedia.org"/> He was a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]. In addition, Fritz and Patricia had two sons who died.<ref name="Time" />

Hollings served as an officer in the [[United States Army]]'s 353rd and 457th Artillery units from 1942 to 1945, during [[World War II]], and was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal]] for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations from December 13, 1944, to May 1, 1945, in France and Germany. He received the [[European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with five Bronze Service Stars for participation in the [[Tunisia]], Southern France, Rome-Arno, and Central Europe Campaigns.<ref>{{cite book |title= Once A Soldier{{spaces}}... Always A Soldier: Soldiers in the 108th Congress|year= 2003|publisher= Association of the United States Army|location= Arlington, Virginia|page= 16}}</ref>