Eichelberger, Robert L.

Graduated from USMA as 1st lieutenant (1909); assigned to 10th Infantry (1909-1911); with the 22nd Infantry in Mexico (1915); sent to Washington as general staff officer and accompanied General Graves on American Expeditionary Force to Siberia (1918-1920); attache to American Embassy, Tokyo (1920-22); commanded 30th Infantry at Presidio (1938-1939); became brigadier general, Supt. of USMA (1940); commanded 77th Division (1941) and I Corps (1942). Made major general (1941-1942); worked with 1st Austrialian Army, saw action in Buna, New Guinea campaign; commanded 8th Army (1944-46) and saw action in the Philippines; commanding general of occupation forces in Japan (1946-1948). Retired 1948; wrote book entitled: Our jungle road to Tokyo. Died 1961.

From the description of The Robert L. Eichelberger papers, 1942-1961. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 21071779

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