Facts: - death place: berlin , germany - caption: eugene k. bird - death date: 28 october 2005 - allegiance: united states of america - birth date: march 11 , 1926 march 11 , 1926 - laterwork: director , spandau prison - name: eugene k. bird - branch: united states army - birth place: lambert , montana , usa - rank: lieutenant colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eugene k. bird .
lieutenant colonel eugene k. bird -lrb- 11 march 1926 -- october 28 , 2005 -rrb- was us commandant of the spandau allied prison from 1964 to 1972 where , together with six others , deputy fuhrer rudolf hess was incarcerated .in march 1971 , bird 's superiors at the us mission in berlin became aware of bird 's cooperation with hess in the writing of a book about hess .he was put under house arrest and eventually made to resign his position as commandant of spandau prison .this episode , in effect , also ended his military career .