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Auction: 322 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 471

Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence. Commander of the 8th US Army in the Southwest Pacific during WWII; named commander of 77th Infantry in March and the I Corps in June 1942, promoted to Lieutenant General in Oct.; after Gen. MacArthur ordered him to "take Buna, or don't come back alive," Eichelberger led the Australian-US Advanced New Guinea Force to victory over the Japanese at Buna-Guna in early '43; in '44, he had notable victories at Hollandia and Biak in Dutch New Guinea; led the invasion of Philippines, clearing the islands of Mindoro, Marinduque, Panay, Negros, Cebu and Bohol. Cover Signed "R L Eichelberger", Lt. Gen., as Censor. Postmarked June 20 1943 APO and addressed to Prof. C.W. Edwards, Duke University, Durham, NC. Eichelberger signs in brown ink as censor of his own correspondence, purple Examiner stamp lower left. Fine-VF.

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