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'''[[Lewis, Hubert M. (01184097)|Hubert M. Lewis]]''' (ASN 01184097) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 11.
'''[[Lewis, Hubert M. (01184097)|Hubert M. Lewis]]''' was a Duke alumnus and Ritchie Boy (Class 11) who led G-2 for the 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific and earned the Bronze Star and Air Medal.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Lewis was a Ritchie Boy. The following article was from "The Duke Alumni Register, February 1946" "Alumnus Decorated" Major [[Lewis, Hubert M. (01184097)|Hubert M. Lewis]], '33, returns from forty months with the Army bringing with him a number of citations for meritorious service overseas. The former staff member of the athletic department was awarded an Air Medal and a Bronze Star and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second Bronze Star. Known on the campus as "Red," the popular Duke coach entered the service as a private, training first with the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command in Florida. He was commissioned at Fort Sill, Okla., in July, 1943, received further training at Camp Ritchie, and later was shipped to the Pacific Theater, where he served as officer in charge of the G-2 unit of the 25th Division. Successive promotions marked his way through Luzon to Nagoya. While at Duke, "Red" Lewis was several times a Southern Conference track star. Before joining the Duke coaching staff he did graduate work at North Carolina State College.
Hubert M. “Red” Lewis earned a chemistry degree at Duke University and did graduate work at North Carolina State before joining Duke’s coaching staff; as an undergraduate he had been a Southern Conference track standout. Entering the service as a private with the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command in Florida, he was commissioned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in July 1943, trained further at Camp Ritchie (Class 11), and shipped to the Pacific.
 
Lewis served as officer in charge of the G-2 unit of the 25th Infantry Division from Luzon to Nagoya. The Duke Alumni Register reported that after about forty months overseas he returned as a major with an Air Medal and a Bronze Star with oak-leaf cluster.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Pacific PI Team 5
* Pacific PI Team 5
* PI 5
* PI 5
* 11/24/1912-
 
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Lewis_Hubert_M_01184097_portrait.jpg|Hubert M. Lewis portrait (RB Archive)
Lewis_Hubert_M_01184097_Duke_Alumni_Register_1946.jpg|Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — Alumnus Decorated (RB Archive)
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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== Timeline ==
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* Duke University — B.S. chemistry; Southern Conference track; later coaching staff.
* July 1943 — Commissioned at Fort Sill after AAF technical training.
* Camp Ritchie Class 11 — Further military-intelligence training.
* Pacific Theater — G-2, 25th Infantry Division (Luzon to Nagoya).
* c. 1946 — Returned as major; Air Medal; Bronze Star with OLC (Duke Alumni Register).
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [[:File:Lewis_Hubert_M_01184097_Duke_Alumni_Register_1946.jpg|Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — Alumnus Decorated (RB Archive)]]
* [[:File:Lewis_Hubert_M_01184097_portrait.jpg|Hubert M. Lewis portrait (RB Archive)]]
* Duke Alumni Register, February 1946 — “Alumnus Decorated” (RB Archive OCR)
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-30 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-30 (1 post)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Hubert M. Lewis for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Lewis, Hubert M. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HUBERT M. LEWIS.doc)
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