General Who Launched Stars and Stripes Newspaper Dies
Brig. Gen. Emsley M. Llewellyn, who served on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s staff during World War II and organized and edited the Stars and Stripes newspaper, has died. He was 83.
Llewellyn died Wednesday in Tacoma after a long illness, family members disclosed.
He was born in Spanaway, Wash., on Oct. 10, 1905, and lived in Tacoma most of his life. He owned Llewellyn Advertising Agency for many years and also managed several local political campaigns.
A graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the Command and General Staff College, he advanced through the ranks from private.
Built Paper Into a Chain
Llewellyn, appointed by Eisenhower to organize and become Editor in Chief of the Stars and Stripes newspaper and Yank magazine in Europe, later built the wartime newspaper into a worldwide chain of 16 dailies with a daily circulation of 2 million.
He was also appointed by Eisenhower as the American military member of Anglo-American Brain Trust, a task force with a mission to counter Nazi propaganda in the European theater.
He was decorated with the Bronze Star and received the Purple Heart during his military career.
After the war, he was appointed by Gov. Mon C. Walgren to serve as adjutant general of the Washington National Guard and later appointed by Gov. Albert D. Roselini as state director of Washington Civil Defense.
