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==Early years, military service==

==Early years, military service==

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Humphreys was born to Ralph and Ellie Humphreys in thevillage of Grayson in Caldwell Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|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, Louisiana|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 Theater of Operations:  the invasion of Palau Island), [[Iwo Jima]], [[Saipan]] (in the [[Marianas]]), and [[Okinawa]], the most costly of the naval battles to the United States. He served on the ''USS Auburn''' at the time of the surrender of [[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. He was awarded three battle stars and numerous citations.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090903&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900108&Selected=2|title=Obituary of Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>Identical obituary also published in ''The Shreveport Times’’ and the ''Baton Rouge Advocate.''</ref>​

Humphreys was born to Ralph and Ellie Humphreys in thevillage of Grayson in Caldwell Parish south of [[Monroe, Louisiana|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, Louisiana|Ruston]].<ref name=obit/>

 

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 Theater of Operations:  the invasion of Palau Island), [[Iwo Jima]], [[Saipan]] (in the Marianas), and [[Okinawa]], the most costly of the naval battles to the United States. He served on the ''USS Auburn''' at the time of the surrender of [[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. He was awarded three battle stars and numerous citations.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090903&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900108&Selected=2|title=Obituary of Hubert D. Humphreys|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>Identical obituary also published in ''The Shreveport Times’’ and the ''Baton Rouge Advocate.''</ref>​

==Education==

==Education==