November 27, 2004
HELENA – One of the few remaining members of World War Two’s infamous Devil’s Brigade has died. Brigadier General Emil Eschenburg died yesterday in Helena of an undisclosed illness. He was 88.
A Michigan farm boy, Eschenburg was hand-picked to train for the elite U-S-Canadian First Special Service Force at Fort Harrison. The force was activated in 1942.
The force — nicknamed the Devil’s Brigade — is best known for capturing German forces in the mountains of Italy. The Germans called the soldiers “Black Devils” because they blackened their faces with shoe polish before nightly raids.
Eschenburg rose to brigadier general as a member of the brigade.
He also served in Vietnam and received 115 decorations — including the Purple Heart — before retiring in 1970.
Services are scheduled Monday at First Lutheran Church in Helena.
Source: Montana’s News Station
*salutes*
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