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Emil Lewis Holmdahl
Emil Lewis Holmdahl (August 26, 1883 – April 8, 1963) was a machine gunner, soldier of fortune, spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter who fought under John J. Pershing in the Spanish–American War in the Philippines, under Lee Christmas in Central America, under Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa, and Venustiano Carranza in the Mexican Revolution, and under John J. Pershing in World War I. In 1926, Holmdahl was accused of having stolen Francisco Pancho Villa's head.
== Early career ==
Born on August 26, 1883 in Fort Dodge, Iowa of Swedish-American parents, the young Holmdahl did not get much of a formal education. Before finishing high school, he followed President McKinley's call to arms against Spain. Lying about his age, he joined the 51st Volunteer Iowa Infantry Regiment in 1898 together with his older brother Monty. He shipped out to the Philippines within months.〔Meed, ''Soldier of Fortune'', p. 1〕 As the population of the Philippines did not take well to the American occupation and rose in revolt, the war ended as quickly as it had begun. With a brief interlude, in which Holmdahl joined American forces to battle the Boxer insurgency in China in 1900, the young infantry soldier fought insurgents in the Philippine Islands.
He returned to the United States in 1906, 22 years old, and one of the youngest sergeants in the Infantry.〔Meed, ''Soldier of Fortune'', p. 26〕 In the years of combat in the Far East Holmdahl had become an expert marksman, a dare devil counter insurgency fighter, and committed to a soldier's career. Back in the United States, Holmdahl's unit, the 20th Infantry Regiment was based in San Francisco. Within a month of settling into camp life in Monterrey, a tremendous earthquake and subsequent fires virtually destroyed San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Holmdahl's unit rushed into the smoldering remains of the city to rescue residents and maintain order. "It was worse than soldiering in the Philippine Islands. I was on guard at the United States Sub Treasury Building for 125 hours with little sleep," Holmdahl commented on his service in San Francisco.〔Meed, ''Soldier of Fortune'', p. 33〕 The army discharged him in January 1907.
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