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Robert Eichelberger

Robert L. Eichelberger
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Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger
Birth name Robert Lawrence Eichelberger
Born (1886-03-09)9 March 1886
Urbana, Ohio
Died 26 September 1961(1961-09-26) (aged 75)
Asheville, North Carolina
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch Emblem of the United States Department of the Army.svg United States Army
Years of service 1909–1948
Rank US-O10 insignia.svg General
Service number 0–2624
Commands held Eighth Army
I Corps
77th Infantry Division
30th Infantry
Battles/wars

Border War (1910–1919)
World War I:

World War II:

Awards Distinguished Service Cross (2)
Army Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star (3)
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Legion of Merit
Imperial Order of Meiji (Japan)
Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan)
Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Australia)
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France)
Grand Officer Order of Crown (Belgium)
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Grand Officer Order Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Order of Abdon Calderón (Ecuador)
Distinguished Service Star (Philippines)
Liberation Medal (Philippines)
Legion of Honor (Philippines)
Military Order of Italy

Border War (1910–1919)
World War I:

World War II:

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.

A 1909 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he saw service in Panama and on the Mexican border before joining the American Expeditionary Force Siberia in 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for repeated acts of bravery in Siberia. After the war, he transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps. He attended the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College, and was Secretary of the War Department General Staff, working for the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Douglas MacArthur.

In 1940, Eichelberger became the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He instituted a number of reforms, cutting back activities such as horseback riding and close order drill, and substituting modern combat training, in which cadets participated in military exercises alongside National Guard units. He acquired Stewart Field as a training facility, which gave cadets a chance to qualify as pilots while still at West Point. He became commander of the 77th Infantry Division in March 1942, and I Corps in June.


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