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Hubert Davis Humphreys (April 21, 1923 – August 28, 2009) was an historian formerly affiliated with Louisiana State University in Shreveport who specialized in archives, oral history, and studies of his native North Louisiana. ==Background and military service== Humphreys was born to Ralph and Ellie Humphreys in the village of Grayson in Caldwell Parish south of Monroe. He graduated in 1940 from Grayson High School and then joined the Civilian Conservation Corps two years prior to its abolition. He studied briefly at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. In 1942, he accepted employment with the United States Army Corps of Engineers until in 1943 he joined the United States Navy for three and a half years of World War II duty. Humphreys served under Rear Admiral Harry W. Hill’s Fifth Amphibious Force and fought in the Pacific Theatre: the invasion of Pelletier (Palau Island), Iwo Jima, Saipan (in the Marianas Islands), and Okinawa, the most costly of the naval battles to the United States. He served on the at the time of the surrender of Nagasaki, Japan. He was awarded three battle stars and numerous citations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary of Hubert D. Humphreys )〕〔Identical obituary also published in the ''Shreveport Times’’ and the ''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''.〕
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