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==Awards and decorations== |
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His awards and decorations include the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], [[Army Distinguished Service Medal]], [[Silver Star]] with Oak Leaf Cluster, [[Legion of Merit]], [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and "V" device, [[Air Medal]], [[Purple Heart]], [[American Defense Service Medal]] with Star, [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with 4 Stars and Arrowhead, [[American Campaign Medal]], [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]], [[National Defense Service Medal]], [[Korean Service Medal]] with 4 Stars, [[Army of Occupation Medal]], [[Philippine Liberation Medal]] with 2 Stars, Brazilian Order of Merit (Ordem do Merito), French [[Legion of Honor]], French [[Croix de Guerre]], Foreign Service with Palm, [[United Nations Service Medal]], Presidential Unit Citation, [[Philippine Presidential Unit Citation]], [[Korean Presidential Unit Citation]], and [[Combat Infantryman Badge]] with Star. |
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*[[File:US-DSC-RIBBON.png|60px]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] |
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*[[File:Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Distinguished Service Medal (Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] |
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*[[File:SilverStar.gif|60px]] [[Silver Star]] with two [[oak Leaf clusters]] |
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*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Legion of Merit]] with an |
*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Legion of Merit]] with an oak leaf Cluster |
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*[[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with three oak leaf clusters |
*[[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with three oak leaf clusters and "V" device |
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*[[File:Air Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Air Medal]] |
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*[[File:American Defense Service ribbon.svg|60px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]] with star |
*[[File:American Defense Service ribbon.svg|60px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]] with star |
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*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[American Campaign Medal]] |
*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[American Campaign Medal]] |
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*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with four stars and |
*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with four campaign stars and arrowhead device |
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*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]] |
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]] |
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*[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Army of Occupation Medal]] |
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*[[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|60px]] [[French Legion of Honor]] |
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*[[File:Ruban de la croix de guerre 1939-1945.PNG|60px]] [[French Croix de Guerre]] with palm |
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*[[File:United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png|60px]] [[United Nations Service Medal|United Nations Service Medal for Korea]] |
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*[[File:Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|60px|Army and Air Force P.U.C.]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Army Presidential Unit Citation]] |
*[[File:Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|60px|Army and Air Force P.U.C.]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Army Presidential Unit Citation]] |
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Revision as of 01:55, 14 August 2013
Paul L. Freeman, Jr. | |
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Born | Philippines | June 29, 1907
Died | April 17, 1988 Monterey California | (aged 80)
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1929–1967 |
Rank | General |
Commands | U.S. Army Europe Continental Army Command 4th Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division 23rd Infantry Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit Bronze Star "V" device (4) Air Medal Purple Heart |
Paul Lamar Freeman, Jr. (June 29, 1907–April 17, 1988) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG) from 1962 to 1965 and Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC) from 1965 to 1967.
Military career
Freeman was born June 29, 1907, in the Philippine Islands, son of Paul Lamar and Emma (Rosenbaum) Freeman. He graduated from the United States Military Academy on June 13, 1929, with a class ranking of 213 and commissioned in the infantry. His first assignment was at Fort Sam Houston with the 9th Infantry Division. While in Texas, he married Mary Ann Fishburn on August 18, 1932, and had one daughter. A month after getting married, he reported to Fort Benning to attend the Officer's Course at the Infantry School, then was assigned to Tianjin (then called Tientsin) in China with the 15th Infantry Regiment until 1936. Upon his return to the U.S. he was assigned to Fort Washington, Maryland and was a company commander in the 12th Infantry Regiment, and subsequently returned to Fort Benning for the Tank Course. He then spent a year as company and battalion Maintenance Officer with the 66th Infantry Regiment.
At the time of the United States entry into World War II, Freeman was in China again, in Beijing as a language student and concurrently as Assistant Military Attaché at the American embassy. Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was assigned to the U.S. Military Mission to China, and a few months later reassigned to the staff of the China India Burma Theater as an instructor to Chinese and Indian Armies. He remained on the theater staff until September 1943, when he returned to Washington D.C., as a staff officer. Towards the end of the war in late 1944, he was sent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as Director of Arms Training for the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission, a position he held until October 1947. He returned to the Army General Staff in Washington D.C., working in the Latin American Branch of the Plans and Operating Division, then from 1948 to 1950, served as a member of the Joint Brazil-U.S. Military Commission, and was also a member of the U.S. Army delegation to the Inter-American Defense Board.
With the outbreak of the Korean War, he was deployed to that theater as the Commander of the 23rd Infantry Regiment in the 2nd Infantry Division, and remained in command until he was wounded in February 1951 at the Battle of Chipyong-ni.
Returning from the war, he attended the National War College, graduating in 1952. In 1955, he assumed command of the 2nd Infantry Division, and in 1956 took command of the 4th Infantry Division, at that time stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. After his second division command ended in 1957, he served as Senior Army Member to the Weapons System Evaluation Group in Washington D.C. He was named Deputy Commanding General for Reserve Forces (CONARC) in 1960. On May 1, 1962 he received his fourth star, and assumed duties as Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), serving in that capacity until 1965. His final assignment was Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC) from 1965 to 1967.
Freeman retired from the Army in 1967, and died in Monterey California on April 17, 1988.
Awards and decorations
- Combat Infantryman Badge with star
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Silver Star with two oak Leaf clusters
- Legion of Merit with an oak leaf Cluster
- Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters and "V" device
- Air Medal
- American Defense Service Medal with star
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four campaign stars and arrowhead device
- World War II Victory Medal
- Army of Occupation Medal
Foreign Awards
- National Defense Service Medal with star
- Korean Service Medal with four campaign stars
- Brazilian Order of Merit (Ordem do Merito),
- French Legion of Honor
- French Croix de Guerre with palm
- United Nations Service Medal for Korea
- Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars
Unit Awards
- Army Presidential Unit Citation
- Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines)
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
See also
References
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- 1907 births
- 1988 deaths
- American military personnel of World War II
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- People from Monterey County, California
- United States Army generals
- United States Military Academy alumni
- Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
- Recipients of the Silver Star
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
- Recipients of the Air Medal
- Recipients of the Philippine Liberation Medal