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Title: Robert L. Eichelberger Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1947
Collection number: 234
Creator:
Eichelberger, Robert L.
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (1886-1961) graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1909. During World War II, he was assigned
command of the 77th Infantry Division, and in charge of the first offensive victory against Japanese land forces in Papua,
New Guinea (January 1943). After the war, he was the commander of the army of occupation in Japan (1946-48). The collection
consists of a scrapbook and correspondence of General Robert L. Eichelberger.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. W.R. Anderson, 1965.
[Identification of item], Robert L. Eichelberger Papers (Collection 234). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1217927
Robert Lawrence Eichelberger was born March 9, 1886 in Urbana, Ohio; entered Ohio State University in 1903, leaving two years
later to attend the U.S. Military Academy, where he graduated in 1909; assigned as second lieutenant to the Tenth Infantry
Regiment, which was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone in 1911; returned to U.S. in 1915 and named operations officer of
the Eighth Division in 1918; ordered to Vladivostok to protect American interests during the Russian Revolution; became assistant
chief of staff and later intelligence officer for General William S. Graves; remained in military intelligence, traveling
in Japan and China before returning to the U.S. in 1921; promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1934, and assigned to War Department
in 1935 as secretary to the General Staff; promoted to brigadier general in 1940 and named superintendent of West Point; assigned
command of 77th Infantry Division, and in charge of first offensive victory against Japanese land forces in Buna, Papua, New
Guinea in January 1943; further successful action in New Guinea and the Philippines in 1944-45; commander of the army of occupation
in Japan, 1946-48; author of
Our Jungle Road to Tokyo (1950) and
Dear Miss Em: General Eichelberger's War in the Pacific, 1942-1945; retired to Asheville, North Carolina; he died on September 26, 1961.
Collection consists of a scrapbook and correspondence of General Robert L. Eichelberger.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Eichelberger, Robert L.--Archives.
Generals--United States--Archival resources.