Robert L. Eichelberger

Robert L. Eichelberger
Letjen Robert L. Eichelberger
Nama lahir	Robert Lawrence Eichelberger
Lahir	(1886-03-09)9 Maret 1886 Urbana, Ohio
Meninggal	26 September 1961(1961-09-26) (umur 75) Asheville, North Carolina
Pengabdian	Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabang	Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Lama dinas	1909–1948
Pangkat	Jenderal
NRP	0–2624
Komandan	Eighth Army I Corps 77th Infantry Division 30th Infantry
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Perbatasan (1910–1919) Perang Dunia I: Intervensi Siberia Perang Dunia II: Pertempuran Buna–Gona Operasi Reckless and Persecution Pertempuran Biak Pertempuran Leyte Pertempuran Luzon Pertempuran Visayas Invasi Palawan Pertempuran Mindanao
Penghargaan	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 (Jepang) Order of the Sacred Treasure (Jepang) Order of the Rising Sun (Jepang) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Australia) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (Prancis) Grand Officer Order of Crown (Belgia) Croix de Guerre (Belgia) Grand Officer Order Orange-Nassau (Belanda) Order of Abdon Calderón (Ekuador) Distinguished Service Star (Filipina) Liberation Medal (Filipina) Legion of Honor (Filipina) Military Order of Italy

Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 Maret 1886 – 26 September 1961) adalah seorang perwira jenderal dalam Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat yang mengkomandani Eighth United States Army dalam Kawasan Pasifik Barat Daya saat Perang Dunia II.

Angkatan tahun 1909 dari United States Military Academy di West Point, ia bertugas di Panama dan di perbatasan Meksiko sebelum bergabung dengan Pasukan Ekspedisioner Amerika Siberia pada 1918. Ia dianugerahi Distinguished Service Cross atas tindakan berani berulang di Siberia. Setelah perang, ia ditransfer ke Korps Ajudan Jenderal. Ia masuk Command and General Staff College dan Army War College, dan menjadi Sekretaris Perang di Departemen Staf Jenderal, bekerja untuk Ketua Staf Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat, Jenderal Douglas MacArthur.

Referensi

• Ancell, R. Manning; Miller, Christine (1996). The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers: The US Armed Forces. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29546-8. 
• Chwialkowski, Paul (1993). In Caesar's Shadow: The Life of General Robert Eichelberger. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-28605-1. OCLC 243774061. 
• Cullum, George W. (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VI 1910–1920. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Diakses tanggal 6 October 2015. 
• Cullum, George W. (1930). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VII 1920–1930. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Diakses tanggal 6 October 2015. 
• Cullum, George W. (1940). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VIII 1930–1940. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Diakses tanggal 6 October 2015. 
• Cullum, George W. (1950). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume IX 1940–1950. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Diakses tanggal 6 October 2015. 
• Eichelberger, Robert L. (1950). Our Jungle Road to Tokyo. New York: Viking Press. OCLC 1262852. 
• Eichelberger, Robert L. (1972). Luvaas, Jay, ed. Dear Miss Em: General Eichelberger's War in the Pacific, 1942–1945. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0837162785. OCLC 415330. 
• Milner, Samuel (1957). Victory in Papua (PDF). United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal 2017-05-06. Diakses tanggal 6 March 2012. 
• Sayers, Stuart (1980). Ned Herring: A Life of Lieutenant-General the Honorable Sir Edmund Herring KCMG, KBE, MC, ED. K St J, MA, DCL. Melbourne: Hyland House. ISBN 0-908090-25-0. OCLC 8670811. 
• Schifferle, Peter J. (2010). America's School for War: Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education, and Victory in World War II. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0700617140. OCLC 461324087. 
• Shortal, J. F. (1987). Forged by Fire: General Robert L. Eichelberger and the Pacific War. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 0872495213. OCLC 16356063. 
• Takemae, Eiji (2002). Inside GHQ: The Allied Occupation of Japan and its Legacy. trans. Robert Ricketts, Sebastian Swann. New York: Continuum International. ISBN 978-0-82641-521-9. 

Pranala luar

• "Robert L. Eichelberger Papers, 1728–1998 (bulk 1942–1949)". Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-05-27. Diakses tanggal 29 July 2012. 
• "Images from the Robert L. Eichelberger Collection – Duke University Libraries Digital Collections – 417 images from Eichelberger's service in Soviet Russia, 1918–1920". Duke University. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-10-14. Diakses tanggal 29 July 2012.