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In this NMPW webinar, author John McManus tells us about General Eichelberger and what it was like for soldiers to fight on Pacific islands like the Battle of Biak.
Army General Robert Eichelberger was the best American ground commander in the Asia/Pacific theater. From Buna in New Guinea, across the South Pacific, to the Philippines, he masterminded a series of key victories that helped doom Japan. Operating in the shadow of his publicity conscious boss, General Douglas MacArthur, Eichelberger toiled in obscurity for much of World War II. But, throughout the war, whenever MacArthur needed results, he turned to Eichelberger. In June 1944, with the U.S. invasion of Biak floundering, and the viability of MacArthur's long-awaited return to the Philippines thus threatened, Eichelberger went to Biak to turn the situation around. This is the story of how he did it.
John C. McManus is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of U.S. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). This professorship is bestowed by the University of Missouri Board of Curators on the most outstanding scholars in the University of Missouri system. McManus is the first ever Missouri S&T faculty member in the humanities to be named Curators’ Distinguished Professor. As one of the nation’s leading military historians, and the author of fifteen well received books on the topic, he is in frequent demand as a speaker and expert commentator. In addition to dozens of local and national radio programs, he has appeared on Cnn.com, Fox News, C-Span, the Military Channel, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, Netflix, the Smithsonian Network, the History Channel and PBS, among others.
This is a recording from the National Museum of the Pacific War. Copyright 2024.
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