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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.
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.
Robert Eichelberger (1886-1961) commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and the Occupation of Japan.
General Robert L. Eichelberger has been called the “Fireman of the Southwest Pacific” because of his success during intense and pivotal campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II (Shortal 1987, xi).
Priscilla Roberts In this book an internationally renowned team of historians provides comprehensive coverage of all major campaigns and theaters of World War II, synthesizing the tremendous breadth and depth of source materials on this global conflict.
General Robert L. Eichelberger (1886-1961), a 1909 West Point graduate, served with distinction in the U.S. Army, and is perhaps most famous for his role in the occupation of Japan after World War II.
Eichelberger passed away on September 26, 1961 at age 75 in Asheville, North Carolina. On September 29, 1961 he was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery at Section 2, Lot 4737-C-L.
