US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Polk, LA)

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Iimil P. Iischenlmurg was horn in Macomlm County. Michigan, 26 Decemher I9I5. In I939 he was graduated with high honors from Alichigan State t'niversity, where he was cadet colonel of the ROTC, While attending AISI' Ile served in an Artillery unit of the Alichigan National Guard. After graduation and lmeing commissioned. he Cll- tered the Army' on a competitive 'tour of duty' and was selected for commission in the Regular Army' I july I940 as a second lieutenant. Infantry. Ifrom H140 until I9-I2 he served in various command and staff positions up to regimental level in the United States and Iceland. In I9-12. General Iischenhurg was assigned to the Ist Special Services Force, a commaiido-parachute type or- ganization composed of volunteers from Canada and the l'nited States. Ilis duty with this unit was as the S3 of the Iforcc. XYhiIe in the Force. he participated in the Aleutian campaign of 1943, then moved to the Mediterranean The- ater where he fought in Italy and Southern Ifrance until Oetoliei' I9-I-I. IIe was then assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, of the Ist Airlmorne Task Iforce, and later to a special planning mission with the French Army. In December 194-1, General Esehenlnurg was reassigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, GS, of the 45th Infantry Divi- sion, the famed Oklahoma National Guard Thunderliirds, XYhile with the Tlmnderhirds, he participated in the hreech- ing of the Siegfried Line, the crossing of the Rhine, and the capture of Nurnherg and Munich. IIe remained in the Army' of Occupation in Germany until late in I945. lfpon return to the United States. General Iisehenlmrg was assigned to the Civil Affairs Division of the Office of the Chief of Staff in XYashington until August I946. He then served as an instructor in the Tactical Section at The Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. EMIL P. ESCHENBURG Brigadier General, U. S. Army Deputy Commanding General In I949. after attending the Dale Carnegie Course, General ICSCI-ll'IlIJllI'j.I again assumed duties as an Assistant Chief of Staff, GS, this time with the 6th Infantry' Division at the I'ort Ord, California, Inlantry Iranung Center. IIe later conunanded the divisions 63rd Infantry Regiment. After attendance at the Armed Forces Staff College, he returned to eomliat in April I953 as Commanding Offi- cer of the 35th Infantry Itegiment in Korea and fought his regiment astride the Pamnunjom Corridor. I.ater he was again assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, this time with Headquarters, I Corps, north of Seoul. General Eschenlxurg returned to the States in 195-I and served for the next two years as Deputy Chief. Infantry' Branch, Career Management Division of the Adjutant Gen- erals Office in NYashington, D. C. I-Iarly in I956 he was selected for attendance at the National XA'ar College, Ifort McNair, Washington, D. C. Lpon graduation from the XX'ar College in july I95T, he was assigned to Ileadquarters, Third II. S. Army, at Ifort McI'herson, Georgia, where he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, GI, then Assistant Chief of Staff, GS. During this time he also attended the I3-week Advanced Management Course at Ilary ard t'niversity'. In july I96U, General Ifsehenlmrg returned to France, where he served as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, SHAPE, until Ifehruary I963. AYhiIe there he also attended the NATO Special Weapons Course at Oherammergau, Germany . Returning to the United States, he Imecame the Assist- ant Division Commander of the IOIst Airliorne Division at Fort Camphell, Kentucliy. and was promoted to the ranlt of Brigadier General S April I963. During this two- year assignment General Ifsehenlmrg also attended the Brooltings Institute for Advanced Studies in Virginia and graduated from the diyisionis jumpmaster school. After attendance at the Xlilitary' Assistance Institute and the Foreign Service Institute, General Iisehenlmrg was assigned as Chief. XIAAG. Ifthiopia in Xlay I965. Ile remained tllere until july 1967 when he was reassigned as the Assistant Division Commander of the Ist Infantry Division in Vietnam. In june I968, he liecame Deputy Commanding General, Capital Xlilitary Assistance Com- mand. the command that had the mission for the critical defense of Saigon and the nearlmy areas. General Iischenluurg has been awarded TT decorations hy the United States and two foreign nations, in addition to numerous campaign medals. IIe holds the nationis highest award for service, the Distinguished Service Medal. Xlore than a dozen of his citations have lmeen for personal hero- ism, including four awards of the nations third highest decoration for valor, the Silver Star. General Ifschenlmrg and his wife, Betty, have four children: Paulag Iimil P., jr., Iirichg and I.ise. IIe was assigned as Deputy Conunanding General of the l'. S. Army' Training Center. Infantry, and Ifort Polk. Fort Polk, Louisiana, 20 March I969.

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