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He grew up in Connellesville as the oldest of three children. While a senior in high school, Freed enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves on March 2, 1955. Upon graduation from high school, Freed completed basic training at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C.; then attended Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C. With the completion of his training, Freed was selected to attend Sea School in Boston, Massachusetts, and was assigned to sea duty aboard the USS Salem CA-139. While stationed with the Atlantic Fleet, Freed served on the flag staff of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. In 1958, Freed returned to Camp Lejeune and joined the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He served at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, from 1958 to 1960. During this time, he was a security guard for President Dwight D. Eisenhower; a drill instructor at MCRD Parris Island from 1961 to 1963; and served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California, in late 1963. In March 1964, Freed was assigned to the 9th Marine Regiment stationed in Okinawa, Japan, and later at the Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji in Gotemba, Japan. In September 1964, Freed?s platoon was sent on a mission at Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam; they returned to Okinawa in December 1964. When Freed returned to the United States in 1965, he served as a drill instructor in San Diego, California, until he was selected to attend helicopter aviation training at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C. Upon completion of his aviation training, he was transferred to Vietnam in March 1967?initially commissioned as an infantry platoon commander with the 4th Marine Regiment, stationed at ??ng H? Combat Base. After one mission with his platoon, he served as a pilot in the 2nd Marine Air Wing; the 3rd Marine Air Wing; the U.S. Army 220th Aviation Company; and the U.S. Air Force 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron. He was stationed out of Phu Bai Combat Base, Khe Sanh Combat Base, and Da Nang Air Base during his tour. Freed returned to the United States at the end of 1968. Upon his return to the U.S., Freed served as an instructor at MCAS New River from 1968 to 1970. Between 1970 and 1978, he served as a commanding officer of military police and a guard company at Camp Lejeune; attended Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia; served as a battalion operations officer in Okinawa, Japan; and was the assistant base security officer at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Freed retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in September 1978. He reached the rank of Major during his military career, and received three Purple Hearts for his service in the Vietnam War. Following his military career, Freed worked as a corporate pilot in North Carolina. He married Sharon Hope May, with whom he had three children. He was the executive director of Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh from 1996 to 2011. At the time of this interview, Joseph E. Freed was living in Raleigh, N.C."},{"label":"Digital Characteristics","value":"5 pages"},{"label":"Format","value":["Summaries"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"All rights held by the State Archives of NC. Permission to publish must be obtained from the registrar in writing."},{"label":"Source Collections","value":["Military Veterans Oral History Collection. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]}],"description":"Joseph E. 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