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 Descriptive Summary Robert L. Eichelberger Papers, 1728-1998 (bulk 1942-1949) Eichelberger, Robert L., 1886-1961 54 Linear Feet 29,056 items Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Online Items

Photographs from Siberia, 1918-1919, have been digitized and are available in Americans in the Land of Lenin - Duke Digital Collections

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[Identification of item], Robert L. Eichelberger Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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The Eichelberger Papers were donated to the Special Collections Library in several installments from 1955 to 1999.

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Processed by Janie Morris, assisted by Denise Dolan

Completed October 28, 1999

Addition minimally processed at box level by Lisa Stark

Last updated June 4, 1999

The current arrangement of the Robert L. Eichelberger Papers is primarily the same as before the collection was reprocessed. However, some papers were grouped to form the following series: Correspondence, Military Papers, and Writings and Speeches. In addition, deteriorating picture albums and scrapbooks were dismantled and placed into folders.

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Biographical Note 1886 March 9 Born Urbana, Ohio 1903-1905 Attended Ohio State University 1909 Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point 1913 Married Emma Gudger 1918-1920 Served in Siberia as Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Division, and Chief Intelligence Officer with the American Expeditionary Forces 1920-1921 Served in Japan, China, and the Philippines in connection with military intelligence activities 1921-1924 Served in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C. 1925-1929 Student and instructor at the Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. 1930 Graduated from Army War College in Washington, D.C. 1939-1940 Assumed command of the 30th Infantry, Presidio of San Francisco 1940-1942 Appointed Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 1942 Jan. Designated Commander of the Seventy-seventh Army Division, organized at Fort Jackson, S.C. 1942 Dec.-1943 Jan. Participated in the Buna and Sanananda, New Guinea campaigns 1943 Sept. Promoted to Brigadier General 1944 April Commanded task force which captured Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea 1944 June Commanded Biak Task Force which retook land from the Japanese 1944 Sept. Became commanding general, Eighth Army 1945 Jan-Aug. Eighth Army under Eichelberger's command fought on every occupied island of the Philippine Archipelago 1945 Aug 30 Participated in the occupation of Japan by landing at Atsugi Air Field in Honshu with the Eighth Army and a detachment from the 11th Airborne Division 1946 Jan. 1 Assumed control of all ground occupation troops in Japan 1948 Dec. 31 Retired from the Army 1949 Eichelberger's memoir, Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo, was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post 1954 Promoted to the rank of four star general by an Act of Congress 1961 Sept. 26 Died, buried in Arlington National Cemetery

Eichelberger received the following medals and honors: Distinguished Service Cross with one oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Service Medal with three clusters, Combat Infantry Badge, Distinguished Service Medal (Navy), Silver Star with two clusters, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation with one cluster, Honorary Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau with swords (Holland), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France), Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, the Croix de Guerre with palm (Belgium), and Order of ABDON Calderon First Class (Ecuador). He was granted the Distinguished Service Star, the Liberation Medal, and the Legion of Honor by the Republic of the Philippines. He also received the decoration, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Italy.

Collection Overview

The Eichelberger Papers span the period 1728 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1942 and 1949. The papers contain diaries, correspondence, military papers, writings and speeches, pictures, scrapbooks, printed material, clippings, memorabilia, and audiovisual material chiefly relating to Eichelberger's military career. Prominently highlighted is his participation as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia (1918-1920); the military campaigns he led in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II (1942-1945); and the post-war period when he commanded all ground occupation troops in Japan (1945-1948). Additionally, there are several photographs of Winston Churchill, who came to Fort Jackson, S.C. in 1942, to view the 77th Army Division commanded by Eichelberger. There are also several photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt, when she came to Australia in 1943 to visit the troops, and several of Douglas MacArthur. The bulk of the personal correspondence (1942-1945) was written by Eichelberger to his wife, Emma Gudger Eichelberger, in which he described the fighting in the Pacific as well as the difficulties of jungle life. In dictations after the war, Eichelberger reflected upon his military career and various people, including Generals Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Robert C. Richardson.

Eichelberger's military career is represented in all series throughout the collection. In particular, the dictations Eichelberger made after the war are located in the Writings and Speeches Series. The extensive Pictures Series documents the events of his career during 1918 to 1920, and during World War II and the post-war period. Eichelberger's memoir, Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo, serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in 1949, is located in the Oversize Printed Material Series.

Related materials include a microfilm (2 reels) of the 1949 Ph.D. dissertation written at Syracuse University by Duke Professor Ralph Braibanti, The Occupation of Japan, which contains information about Eichelberger while he was commander of the occupation troops in Japan after World War II. This microfilm is located in Perkins Library Microforms Department. The Duke University Special Collections Library also has the papers of Eichelberger's father George M. Eichelberger, a lawyer from Urbana, Ohio. Another related collection is the Westall Family Papers. Mrs. James M. Westall (Virginia Cooper Westall), was Eichelberger's longtime secretary in Asheville, N.C. There are over a hundred letters of Eichelberger's and other related materials in this collection which document the Eichelbergers' business and social affairs from the 1950s until his death.

Other related works include a compilation of Eichelberger's letters to his wife entitled Dear Miss Em: General Eichelberger's War in the Pacific, 1942-1945, (Westpoint, Conn., 1972) edited by Jay Luvaas. Other works about Eichelberger include Forged by Fire: General Robert L. Eichelberger and the Pacific War (Columbia, S.C., 1987) by John F. Shortal, and "A 'Near Great' General: the Life and Career of Robert L. Eichelberger," a Duke University 1991 Ph.D. dissertation, by Paul Chwialkowski.

The addition (acc# 1999-0167) (83 reels; dated 1998) consists of negative microfilm reels of the Japan and America microfilm series, photographed from the Eichelberger Papers.

 Subject Headings

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Eichelberger, Robert L. Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952. North Carolina State Ports Authority. United States.--Army--Officers. United States Military Academy--Students. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. North Carolina--Buncombe County--Asheville. Microfilm. Contents of Collection Diaries, 1909-1961 (bulk 1940s-1950s)

Arranged in chronological order, with loose papers from individual volumes placed in folders immediately following that particular volume.

 1 1909-1916 1942 1943 1944 (2 volumes) 1945-1946 1947 1940 Nov.-1947 (5 folders) 2 1948 (2 folders) 1949 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1950 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1951 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1952 (2 volumes) 3 1953 1954 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1955 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1956-1957 (2 volumes) 1958 (1 volume, 1 folder) 1959-1960 (2 volumes) 4 1961 Correspondence, 1872-1962 (bulk 1942-1949)

Contains handwritten notes and letters, typed letters, memoranda, and telegrams. Arranged in chronological order primarily by year and month. Correspondence between 1943 and 1949 has been categorized as either personal or official. Before 1943 and after 1949, the official and personal correspondence is filed together. At the time of processing, the papers were already organized in this manner. A few folders have been divided by correspondent or topic of correspondence.

Condolences sent after Eichelberger's death are included at the end of the series. One envelope of alphabetized file slips compiled by Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library staff indexes letters in the Correspondence Series. The envelope is filed in the Information Folder in the Collection Inventory Drawer.

 Personal and Official Subseries 5 1872-1919 Sept. (6 folders) 6 1919 Oct.-1942 Sept. (6 folders) 7 1942 Oct.-Dec. (3 folders) Personal Subseries 1943 Jan.-May (3 folders) 8 1943 June-1944 June (6 folders) 9 1944 July-1945 Apr. (7 folders) 10 1945 May-Dec. (8 folders) 11 1946-1947 (8 folders) 12 1948 Jan-Oct. (14 folders) 13 1948 Nov.-1949 Apr. (8 folders) 14 1949 May-Aug. (5 folders) 15 1949 Sept.-Dec., undated (7 folders) Official Subseries 16 1943-1947 (7 folders) 17 1948-1949, undated (4 folders) Personal and Official Subseries 1950 (7 folders) 18 1951-1953 (8 folders) 19 1954 (3 folders) 1955 (2 folders) 1956 Jan.-Aug. (2 folders) 20 1956 Sept.-1958 Jan. (9 folders) 21 1958 Feb.-Dec. (6 folders) 22 1959 (7 folders) 23 1960-1961 Apr. (8 folders) 24 1961 May-1971 undated (6 folders) 25 Algase, Gertrude, 1946-1950 Mar. (4 folders) Asheville Chamber of Commerce Review Board, 1955-1958 (2 folders) North Carolina State Ports Authority, 1959-1960 (2 folders) Condolences Subseries 26 1961 Sept. 26-Oct. 12 (9 folders) 27 1961 Oct. 13-1962 Apr., undated (6 folders) Military Papers, 1912-1960, undated (bulk 1942-1948)

Subdivided into five subseries: Siberian Expedition, World War II, World War II: Japan, Japan: Occupation, and Miscellaneous. The sequence reflects the order in which these events occurred.

 Siberian Expedition, 1917-1924, undated

Includes maps, typed letters, handwritten notes, intelligence summaries, memoranda, reports, and leaflets. Arranged in chronological order, then alphabetically by topic where applicable.

 28 1917-1918 (4 folders) 1918, Cole, Frank L., Notes on Siberian Expedition 1918-1919 29 1919 (5 folders) 1919: Land Defense of Vladivostok, Siberia, Aug. Packard, Laurence B., The Czecho-Slovaks in Russia: Aug. 1914-Feb. 1919 Phillip, Karl Reports, 1919 Jan. 3-Feb. 7 30 1919 Jan. 3-Oct. 10, Reports (5 folders) 31 1919 Oct. 11-1920, Reports (4 folders) 1920 Jan.-1924 (2 folders) 1920, summary, American and Allied Intervention 1920, Trupp, Eugene, Leaflets from the History of the Civil War in Russia 1921-1922 Miscellaneous, undated World War II, 1942-1951, undated (bulk 1942-1945)

Includes administrative and field orders, notes on various campaigns, maps, intelligence reports, military strategic studies, operations instructions, reports, letters, staff studies, statistics, and historical reports. Chiefly arranged in alphabetical order by topic, then chronologically. The Campaigns topic is further subdivided by name of individual campaigns.

 32 Activation of the 77th Division, 1942 Jan-July Administrative Orders, 1945 Jan.-June (2 volumes) 33 Campaigns: Biak, Schouten Islands, 1944 (4 folders) Buna, New Guinea, 1942-1948, undated (5 folders, 1 volume) 34 Hollandia, New Guinea, 1943-1944 (6 folders) 35 Leyte-Samar, P.I., 1944-1946 (5 folders) Lingayen, P.I., 1944 Luzon, P.I., 1944, Nov. 36 Luzon, P.I., 1944-1945 (6 folders) 37 Luzon, P.I., 1945 (2 folders) Maps, 1949 Mindanao, P.I., 1945, undated (3 folders, 2 volumes) 38 Mindoro-Marindugue, P.I., 1945 Nasugbu, P.I., 1944 Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo, P.I., 1945 (6 folders, 1 volume) Panay, Negros, and Cebu, P.I., 1945, undated (4 folders) 39 Panay, Negros, and Cebu, P.I., 1945 (1 volume) 40 Field orders, 1944 Oct.-1945 June (2 volumes) 41 Naval Intelligence report: Prominent Persons in Japan and Japanese Dominated Areas, 1945 Aug. Office of Chief of Military History: Leyte: Return to the Philippines, undated (2 volumes) 42 Office of Military History: The U.S. Army in World War II, The Approach to the Philippines, 1951 43 Operations Instructions, 1944 Dec.-1945 Sept. (3 volumes) 44 Operations Instructions, 1945 July-Dec. (2 volumes) Operations of the Intelligence Service in the Southwest Pacific Area, 1948 July 45 Pearl Harbor Investigative reports: 1944 Report of Army Pearl Harbor Board, 1944 (2 volumes) 46 Report (Biennial): The Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1943 July-1945 June Report: The Supreme Commander to the Combined Chief of Staff, 1944 June-1945 May Training Directives, 1944 Oct.-1945 Nov. Miscellaneous, 1942-1945 World War II: Japan, 1944-1945.

Contains information relating to the invasion of Japan, code name Operation Coronet. Includes numerous intelligence studies and reports about Japan, military proposals, and maps.

 47 Operation Coronet (Invasion of Japan), 1944-1945 May (4 volumes) 48 Operation Coronet (Invasion of Japan), 1945 May-1945 (1 folder, 4 volumes) Japan: Occupation, 1945-1960, undated (bulk 1945-1948)

Contains numerous studies regarding the economic, educational, social, and political restructuring of Japan during its occupation after World War II. Includes intelligence reports, monthly military summaries, correspondence between the Japanese government and the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), war trial reports, monthly non-military summaries, Eighth Army reports, United States Army occupational reports, letters, and notes. Arranged in alphabetical order by type or title of material, then chronologically.

 49 Administrative Orders, 1945-1946 (4 volumes) Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea, 1945 Dec.-1946 Apr. (2 folders) 50 Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea, 1946 May-June Civil Intelligence Section: Occupational Trends: Japan, Korea, Philippines, 1946 July Economics, 1945-1949, undated (3 folders) 51 Editors and Publishers Tour of Kobe, Japan, 1947 Education, 1948 May-July (1 folder, 2 volumes) Eighth Army Field Orders, 1945 Eighth Army in Japan, 1945 Aug.-1946 May, undated 52 Far East War Trials: 1945-1948, undated Special Study of the Yokahama War Crimes Trials, 1945 Dec.-1947 Sept. Food, 1948, undated Memoranda to Imperial Japanese Government from SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers), 1945 Sept.-Dec. (1 folder, 1 volume) 53 Memoranda to Imperial Japanese Government from SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers), 1945 Nov. -1946 Jan. (2 folders, 1 volume) Military Government Reports, 1945-1951, undated (3 folders) 54 Monthly Military Summaries, 1946 July-1947 July (1 folder) Monthly Military Summaries in Korea 1946 March-July (5 volumes) 55 Monthly Military Summaries in Korea, 1946 Aug.-Sept. (2 volumes) Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1945 Sept.-Nov. (2 volumes) 56 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1945 Dec.-1946 Feb. (3 volumes) 57 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1946 March-June (4 volumes) 58 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1946 July-Nov. (5 volumes) 59 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1946 Dec.-1947 July (6 volumes) 60 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1947 Aug.-Dec. (5 volumes) 61 Monthly Non-Military Summaries, 1948 Jan.-May (5 volumes) 62 Occupation Plans, 1945 July-1949 May, undated (1 volume, 4 folders) 63 Occupation Plans: Directives, 1945 Sept.-1948 Apr., undated (2 folders) Political Reorganization of Japan, 1947 Aug.-1949 Oct. Public Health and Welfare Reports, 1945-1949 Report on Industrial Reparations, 1948 Feb. (2 folders) Special Staff Study of the Repatriation of German Nationals from Japan, 1947 May (2 folders) 64 Sugayomo Prison: A Special Study, 1945 Nov.-1947 Jan. Two Years of Occupation by SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) and Far East Command, 1947 Aug. Miscellaneous, 1945-1949, undated (3 folders) Miscellaneous, 1912-1960, undated (bulk 1946-1949).

Contains various letters, reports, memoranda, newspaper articles, dictation, and notes. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic then chronologically.

 65 Eisenhower's Inspection of Kobe Base, 1946 May 14 Klein, Juluis, Brigadier General, 1949 Sorge Spy Reports, 1947 Dec.-1949 Feb. 1912-1960, undated (3 folders, 1 volume) Writings and Speeches Series, 1909-1984, undated (bulk 1945-1960)

Chiefly material about Eichelberger's army service. Arranged into subseries: Chronological, Subject, Press Releases, Dictation, and Published Works.

Chronological Subseries 66 1920-1950 (7 folders) 67 1951-1959 (7 folders) 68 1960-1961, undated (3 folders) Subject Subseries Australia, 1948 Biak, Schouten Islands; Buna, Hollandia Campaigns; Formation of Eighth Army, 1948 Mar. 18-1949 Feb. 12 Buna, New Guinea, 1948 Documents regarding the Eighth Army, undated Glider Infantry, 187th, undated Hollandia, New Guinea, 1948 Japan, Future of, 1947-1952, undated 69 Japan: Occupation of, 1948-1955, undated War criminals, 1948, undated Korean War, 1953 June 25 MacArthur, Douglas, undated Philippines, 1945-1948 Siberia, 1946-1947, undated Press Releases Subseries Press Releases, 1938-1984, undated (4 folders) Dictation Subseries

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 70 Notebooks of dictation, 1952 Nov. 24-1956 Feb. 6 (3 folders) 71 Notebooks of dictation, 1956 Feb. 6-1959 Jan. 30 (3 folders) 72 Notebooks of dictation, 1959 Jan. 30-1961 Aug., undated (4 folders) 73 Index of typed dictation, Nos. 1-3 Typed dictation, ca. 1952 Nov.-1961 July (7 folders) 74 Typed dictation, ca. 1955 July-1961 Sept (2 folders) Typed Dictation Victory in Papua, 1954-1959 Published Works Subseries 75 Eighth U.S. Army-Up to Now!, 1965 June Engineers of the Southwest Pacific, 1945 The Entry of the Soviet Union in to the War Against Japan, 1941-1945 History of XI Corps, 1942-1946 History of the 3rd Infantry Division in WWII, 1953 76 The Howitzer, 1909 and 1941 (2 volumes) 77 The Howitzer, 1942 78 Under the Southern Cross, 1949 United States at War, 1945 102nd United States Cavalry, 1941-1942 1909 USMA Eleven Years After, 1920 Pictures Series, 1872-1984 (bulk 1942-1948).

Contains photographs chiefly from Eichelberger's army career, including World War II military campaigns, those from the Japanese occupation after World War II, army bases, and ceremonial events, as well as photographs of Eichelberger and his family, including formal portraits and group photographs.The series is subdivided into four subseries: Places and Events, People, Albums, and Miscellaneous.

Places and events and photographs of people are arranged in alphabetical order, with the exception that those of Eichelberger and his family are arranged before those of others. This series also includes photograph albums, arranged in order by volume number and date, and miscellaneous photographs, arranged in chronological order.

 Places and Events Subseries 79 Australia, 1942-1943, undated (2 folders) Figi Islands, 1942-1943 Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1942, undated Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1920 Japan: Surrender of the Japanese on board the USS Missouri, 1945 Sept. 2 80 Japan: Occupation, 1945-1948, undated (5 folders) 81 Japan: Occupation, 1945-1949, undated (5 folders) 82 Japan: Occupation: Hotels, 1946, undated (2 folders) Kiki and Kyoto Governors Office, undated Visits to: Shrines, 1945-1948, undated Sendai, 1945 Oct. 3 Yokohama, 1945-1948, undated 83 New Guinea Campaign, 1942-1945, undated (5 folders) 84 New Guinea Campaign, 1942-1945 (10 folders) 85 Philippine Campaign, 1942-1945, undated (6 folders) 86 Philippine Campaign, 1944-1945, undated (6 folders) 87 Siberia, 1918-1919, undated (3 folders)

Siberia photographs have been digitized and are available in Americans in the Land of Lenin - Duke Digital Collections

 West Point, 1931-1940's, undated (3 folders) 88 World Tour, 1946, undated People Subseries Eichelberger: Formal Portraits Index Formal portraits, 1940-1949, undated (4 folders) 89 Eichelberger: Formal portraits, 1940-1949, undated In groups, 1939-1948, undated (3 folders) 90 Eichelberger: With religious leaders, 1946-1953, undated Ceremonies at retirement, 1947-1949, undated (2 folders, one phase box) After retirement, 1949-1960, undated 90a Eichelberger: General and Mrs. Eichelberger at public events, parties, receptions, 1947-1951, undated Eichelberger family, 1872-1956, undated (2 folders) Unidentified, 1943-1948, undated (4 folders) 91 Eichelberger: Unidentified, 1943-1948, undated Miscellaneous, 1940-1948, undated (1 folder, 1 phase box) Participants at Eichelberger's induction into the Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame, 1984 92 A-B (Abbot and Costello, undated; Prince Akihito, 1947 Sept.; Prince Masahito, 1947 Sept.; Barbey, Daniel Edwards (see Northcott, John), undated; Blamey, Thomas Albert, 1943-1953, undated; Brown, Joe E., 1945 April, undated; Byers, Clovis Ethelbert, 1942-1947, undated) Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, at Fort Jackson, S.C., 1942 June Co-K (Collins, Joseph Lawton, undated; Clark, Mark Wayne, undated; Cook, J. A., undated; Cooper, Gary, 1944 Jan., undated; Creel, George, undated; Draper, William H., 1947; Dunn, Floyd, undated; Edwards, Daniel Kramer, undated; Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1946 May; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1953; Emigh, Harry, undated; Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian, 1955; Halsey, William Frederick, 1949 Sept.; Hatfield, Lansing, undated; Herring, Edmund Francis, 1943; Hoover, Herbert, 1946, May; Howard, Roy, 1947 Feb.; Krueger, Walter, 1943 Nov., undated) MacArthur, Douglas 1943-1948, undated (2 folders) M (Maloney (of Chicago Tribune) 1947 Sept.; McCloy, John J., 1945 Oct.; McKinley, Jim, undated; Merkel, Una, undated) N-R (Northcott, John and Barbey, Daniel Edwards, undated; Pechkoff, M. Zenovi, undated; Robertson, Horace, 1947; Rogers, Gordon, undated; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1934-1943) Roosevelt, Eleanor: Visit to Australia, 1943 S-W (Sherman, Frederick C., 1946; Stimson, Henry L., 1940, undated; Van Oyen, Ludolf Henrik, 1943, undated; Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1945, undated) Albums Subseries 93 Volume I, 1910-1918, Panama and Cuba (1 volume, 1 folder) Volume II, 1918, Sept.11-1921, Jan. 21, Siberia Volume III, 1918-1921, Siberia Volume IV, [see Oversize Materials] Volume V, [see Oversize Materials] Volume VI [see Oversize Materials] Volume VII, 1945 Apr. 30-1946 Apr. 25, Occupation of Japan, Early Period Volume VIII, 1945 Aug. 30-1948 June 29, Occupation of Japan 94 Volume VIII, 1945 Aug. 30-1948 June 29, Occupation of Japan (2 folders) Volume IX, 1945 Sept. 1-1946 Sept. 26, Occupation of Japan and Japanese Surrender (2 folders) Volume X, 1945 Aug. 30-Sept. 4, Japanese Surrender and Japan (1 folder, 1 volume) Volume XI, 1946 March-Aug. 30, Occupation of Japan 95 Volume XII, 1946 Sept. 4-Dec. 21 Occupation of Japan (3 folders) Volume XIII, 1946 Occupation of Japan Volume XIV, [see Oversize Materials] Volume XV, 1947 Jan. 10-June 27 Occupation of Japan (4 folders) 96 Volume XV, 1947 Jan. 10-June 27 Occupation of Japan (2 folders) Volume XVI, 1947 April 7 Occupation of Japan Volume XVII, 1947 May Occupation of Japan and Souvenir Pictures Volume XVIII, 1947 July 4-Dec. 31 Occupation of Japan and Autographs of Dignitaries (3 folders) 97 Volume XIX, 1948 Jan. 7-July 21 Occupation of Japan (8 folders) Volume XX, 1948 July 4 Appreciation Day Festival During Occupation of Japan 98 Volume XXI, 1948 Aug. 3-10 Occupation of Japan and Ceremonies at General Eichelberger's Retirement (1 folder, 1 volume) Volume XXII, [see Oversize Materials] Volume XXIII, 1952 April 26-28 Visit of General and Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia Volume XXIV, 1952 April 26- May 8 Visit of General and Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia Volume XXV, undated The Artillery Center, Fort Sills, Oklahoma (1 folder, 1 volume) Miscellaneous Subseries 99 1943-1959, undated (6 folders) Printed Material Series, 1893-1962 (bulk 1946-1960).

Contains books, including comic books, magazines and other material, chiefly relating to Eichelberger's military career. Arranged in chronological order. See also Writings and Speeches Series.

 100 1893-1952 (6 folders) 101 1952-1962, undated (4 folders) Clippings Series, 1918-1984 (bulk 1945-1955).

Includes clippings chiefly relating to Eichelberger's military career. Arranged in chronological order.

 102 1918-1947 (11 folders) 103 1948-1951 (7 folders) 104 1952-1984, undated (10 folders) Miscellaneous Series, 1911-1971, undated (bulk 1945-1960).

Includes financial, audiovisual, biographical materials, and memorabilia. Documents Eichelberger's involvement in various organizations and contains information pertaining to his military career. Arranged into six subseries: Subject, Chronological, Guest Book, Audiovisual, Memorabilia, and Scrapbooks. Memorabilia and some audiovisual material are located in the Oversize Materials section.

 Subject Subseries 105 Army Mutual Aid Association, 1949 Apr.-1950 Mar., undated Biographical materials about General and Mrs. Eichelberger, 1942-1948, undated Camouflage material, 1952 Deaths of Robert L. and Emma Eichelberger, 1961-1972 Documents pertaining to Helen Felder, 1943-1947 Financial papers, 1911-1959, undated (3 folders) 106 Health Research Foundation, 1957-1960, undated (2 folders) List of Eichelberger's letters and papers, 1952-1961, undated National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, 1949 Sept. North Carolina Ports Authority, 1957-1960, undated (2 folders) War monument controversy (Urbana, Ohio), 1947 Apr., undated Chronological Subseries 107 1905-1962, undated (6 folders) Guest Book Subseries 108 1946-1958 Audiovisual Subseries Films

Arranged in order by size of film canister.

 109 1. a. Silent color film of official residences of General Eichelberger in Tokyo, undated b. Silent black and white film of General Eichelberger addressing a safety group, undated 2. Japan a. Gathering of generals and their ladies at the official residence of eneral Eichelberger in Tokyo, undated b. Official residence, undated c. Military review, undated 3. Japan a. Pearls, undated b. Marriage ceremony, undated c. Military review, undated 4. Japan: Military review, undated 5. Japan: Military review, undated 6. Army football, 1948 7. Japan: Eisenhower visits, 1946? Phonograph Records

See Oversize Materials

Memorabilia Subseries

See Oversize Materials

Scrapbooks Subseries 110 Volume I, 1728-1940 (4 folders) Volume II, 1936-1945 (2 folders) Volume III, 1942-1947 (4 folders) 111 Volume IV, 1945 (2 folders) Volume V, 1945-1949 Volume VI, 1945-1946, Japan (2 folders) Volume VII, 1945-1946, Newspaper Clippings and Mementos (2 folders) Volume VIII, 1948 (4 folders) Volume IX, 1948-1954 (2 folders) 112 Volume X, 1949 (3 folders) Volume Xa, 1949 Sept. 2, Dedication of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (3 folders) Volume XI [see Oversize Materials] Volume XII, 1954, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (2 folders) Volume XIII [see Oversize Materials] Oversize Materials Correspondence Series Official Subseries 126 1945-1949 Personal and Official Subseries 4 1952-1954 Condolences Subseries 4 1961 Military Papers Series Siberian Expedition Subseries 126 1918-1920, undated 2 1919 World War II Subseries 5 Campaigns: 5 Leyte-Samar, P.I., 1944-1945 5 Luzon, P.I., 1944-1945 5 Mindanao, P.I., 1945 5 Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo, P.I., 1945 126 Buna, New Guinea, 1942-1943 126 Leyte-Samar, P.I., 1944-1945 126 Luzon, P.I., 1944-1945, undated 126 Maps: Mindanao, P.I., 1942-1945 Mindoro, P.I., 1944, undated Nasugbu, P.I., 1944 Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo, P.I., 1944-1947, undated Panay, Negros and Cebu, P.I., 1945 World War II: Japan Subseries 126 Instruments and other materials of the Japanese surrender, 1945, undated 126 Maps: Japan, 1945, undated Miscellaneous Subseries 3 Maps, 1940s 1 Maps: Philippine Islands, 1938-1946, undated 2 1936-1948, undated Writings and Speeches Series Chronological Subseries 120 1944-1946, undated 126 1945 Pictures Series Places and Events Subseries 115 Australia, 1952 Japan: Occupation 1945, undated New Guinea Campaign 1943, undated Philippine Campaign, undated Pictures Series Places and Events Subseries West Point, undated People Subseries Eichelberger 1948, undated Eichelberger and Family: 1948, undated Eichelberger: Formal Portraits 1941-1944, undated Eichelberger: Miscellaneous, undated 126 Eichelberger: Commission of Robert L. Eichelberger as Major General, 1946 115 Miscellaneous, 1938-1949, undated Albums Subseries OC:IV:1 Volume IV, 1939, 30th U.S. Infantry, San Francisco, Calif. 118 Volume V, 1941 Oct.-Nov. First Army Maneuvers 120 Volume VI, 1944 April 28-1945 March 30 New Guinea, Philippine Islands, Negros Islands (2 folders) Volume VII, 1945 April 30-1946 April 25 Occupation of Japan, Early Period 118 Volume VIII, 1945 Aug. 30-1948 June 29 Occupation of Japan 121 Volume XI, 1946 March-Aug. 30 Occupation of Japan 118 Volume XII, 1946 Sept. 4-Dec. 21 Occupation of Japan 121 One volume and one folder 122 Volume XIV, 1946 Nov. Visit to Japan of General Thomas T. Handy 118 Volume XV, 1947 Jan. 10-June 27 Occupation of Japan Volume XVII, 1947 May Occupation of Japan and Souvenir Pictures Volume XVIII, 1947 July 4-Dec. 31 Occupation of Japan and Autographs of Dignitaries 118 Volume XIX, 1948 Jan. 7-July 2 Occupation of Japan 122 Volume XXII, 1952 April 26-May 8 Souvenir of the Visit of General and Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia Miscellaneous Subseries 126 1920-1940s, undated 115 1938 115 1940s, undated 115 Japanese drawings, undated Printed Material Series 116 1943-1960, undated OC:III:8 1947, undated 116 1949, Saturday Evening Post, Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo Clippings Series 126 1918-1948 120 1943-1948, undated Miscellaneous Series Subject Subseries 118 Land grant from James Monroe to George Handy, 1823, June 24 OC:II:3 Maps: 1942-1946, undated OC:III:8 North Carolina State Ports Authority, 1959 Chronological Subseries 120 1937-1957 126 1945-1947 Audiovisual Subseries Films 2 (Ovsz. Film Box) 41-A: Wire Container The Eighth Army Shield of the Free World Phonograph Records 113 1. Army Day Address, 1948 Apr. 6 2. BBC War reporting unit, undated 3-8. Commemorative banquet given for Eichelberger, Asheville, N.C., undated 9. GHQSWPA Recording of General Eichelberger, undated 10. Memorial Day speech, Yokohama, Japan, 1947 May 23 11. Memorial Day speech, 1948 May 31 12. Merry Christmas 1945: Frazier Hunt, 1945 Dec. 20 13. NBC radio broadcast of interview with Eichelberger upon his return to the U.S. for Christmas, 1945 Dec. 7 14. Pyle-Eichelberger Interview, 1945 Aug. 31 15. Radio 2UW Sydney: General Eichelberger interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel James Prentice in Sydney,Australia, 1952 May 2

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 16. Recording of a portion of Frazier Hunt's broadcast about General Eichelberger, 1945? 17. We the people, General Eichelberger / Jerome Edelberg, 1950 Aug. 18 18. WFBC General Eichelberger 1949 Apr. 25 #1 19. WFBC General Eichelberger 1949 Apr. 25 #2 20. WFBC General Eichelberger 1949 Apr. 25 #3 21. WFBC General Eichelberger 1949 Apr. 25 #4 22. World Today, 1945 Dec. 24 114 23. ARC Program- General Eichelberger, Colonel Stoval, Colonel Gray, Colonel Erkenbeck, Colonel Beans, Mr. Christensen (Announcer), Lieutenant Busbey, undated 24. Armed Forces Radio Service Japan, undated 25. a. Army Day Ceremonies-Speech by Eichelberger, undated 25. b. Speech on deactivation of 77th Division, undated 25. c. Army Day Speech for all troops in Japan (Armed Forces Radio Service), undated 26. Description of Parade, Urbana, Ohio, and Eichelberger Address, 1947 Oct. 18, #1 27. Description of Parade, Urbana, Ohio, and Eichelberger Address, 1947 Oct. 18, #2 28. Description of Parade, Urbana, Ohio, and Eichelberger Address, 1947 Oct. 18, #3 29. Eichelberger address: Opening baseball game Yokohama, Japan, 1946 May 4 30. Eichelberger: Memorial Day Speech, WVTR, undated 31. Hugh Sanders with General Eichelberger: Interview at Urbana Homecomeing, undated Memorabilia Subseries 117 Cloth calendars (2), 1962 Decorations (21), undated Australian medal, undated Merit plaque, n.d Japan photo album (decorated mother of pearl, no contents), n.d 119 Japan Today: A Portfolio of Sketches, Tokyo-Yokohama Area, 1945-1946 Engineers of the Eighth U.S. Army in Action: A Portfolio of Sketches Tokyo-Yokohama Area, 1945-1946 Japanese Prints, undated 344A Bust of General Eichelberger by Gozo Kawamura, 1946 Aug. 30 3023 Oil portrait of General Eichelberger and General George Catlett Marshall, undated Catalog Cabinets, Dalton-Brand Research Room Pair of Cloisonne vases (Gift to the Eichelbergers from the Emperor and Empress of Japan), undated Satsuma ware vase, undated Samurai soldier doll in glass and wooden case, undated OC:IV on top Totem stick from New Guinea, undated Scrapbooks Subseries 123 and 126 Volume I, 1728-1940 (1 volume, 2 folders) 118 Volume II, 1936-1945 123 and 126 Volume III, 1942-1947 (2 folders) 119 Volume V, 1945-1949 124 Volume VI, 1945-1946 124 Volume VII, 1945-1946 Newspaper Clippings and Mementos 123 One volume and one folder 125 Volume IX, 1948-1954 Volume XI, 1952 Volume XIII, 1961 Accession #1999-0167, 1998

This addition consists of 83 reels of negative microfilm made from the collection in 1998 as a part of the Japan and America, c1930-1955: The Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan microfilm series. A bound guide to this microfilm collection may be obtained from Research Services. Positive reels may be obtained from Perkins Library Microforms Department.

1 Microfilm Negatives - Reels 1A-16 2 Microfilm Negatives - Reels 17-33 3 Microfilm Negatives - Reels 34-48 4 Microfilm Negatives - Reels 49A-65 5 Microfilm Negatives - Reels 66-83 Related Material

For the guide to the microfilm in accession # 1999-0167, see Japan and America, c1930-1955: The Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan in the Duke University Libraries online catalog.