Paul Lamar Freeman

June 29, 1907 (age 80)

Manila, the Philippines

Second in command Lieutenant, infantry, United States Army, 1929; advanced through grades to general, United States Army, 1962; served in China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations, United States Army, 1941-1943; in Philippine liberation campaigns participant, Combines Chiefs of Staff Confs., London and Quebec, 1944; member, Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission in Brazil, 1945-1947; chief Latin American branch, plans and operations division, Army General Staff and United States Army division, member, Joint Brazil-United States Defense Commission, Washington, 1948-1950; commander, 23d Infantry Reg. 2d Division, Korea, August 1950, until wounded, February 1951; deputy director, Plans and Operations, United States European Command commander, 2d Infantry Division, 1955-1957; senior army member, Weapons System Evaluation Group, Secretary of Defense, Washington, 1957-1958; commandant Infantry School, commanding general Infantry Center,, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1958-1960; deputy commanding general for research forces, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1960-1962; commander, Joint Task Force Four, Fort Monroe, 1961-1962; commander-in-chief, United States Army, Europe, also commander Center Army Group (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 1962-1965; commanding general United States Continental Army Command, commander-in-chief, United States Army Strike Command and United States Army Atlantic, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1965-1967; retired, United States Army Strike Command and United States Army Atlantic, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1967; vice president operations planning, Mellonics division Litton Industries, 1968-1970; special consultant, Litton Industries, 1971-1988.