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On 20 August 1942, Robert L. Eichelberger departed the United States for Australia to serve under General Douglas MacArthur in the war for the Pacific. He was thrown into the heat of the...
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Dec 20, 2022 · Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army i...
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Special guest John McManus joins Al and Jim to talk about Robert L. Eichelberger, the US General who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest...
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Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II.
Feb 7, 2017 · On November 30, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander of World War II’s South West Pacific Area, summoned Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger to fly from Australia to MacArthur’s for- ward headquarters at Port Moresby, New Guinea.
May 3, 2024 · General Eichelberger, a man of quiet competence and strategic brilliance, emerged as an under-recognized hero during World War II.
Robert L. Eichelberger was a U.S. Army general who during World War II retrieved strategic Japanese-held islands, thus helping to end the war in the Pacific. A 1909 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Eichelberger served with the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
