Between two and three miles out of town was a cutoff, Southeast 120th Street today, which went west towards Eichelberger Cave, located near present-day County Road 467.

Ethyl Eichelberger ( born James Roy Eichelberger, July 17, 1945 – August 12, 1990 ) was an American drag performer, playwright, and actor.

Ethyl Eichelberger was born James Roy Eichelberger on July 17, 1945 in Pekin, Illinois.

* Ethyl Eichelberger DNG — Born James Roy Eichelberger, a famous drag queen, playwright and actor, for whom a prize was founded by the downtown Manhattan theatre institution P. S.

Eichelberger later wrote that " the fighting was desperate and the outcome of the whole miserable, tortured campaign was in doubt ".

Eichelberger wrote back that he was pushing the offensive with the kinds of numbers he felt the situation warranted.

In his book, Our Jungle Road to Tokyo written in 1950, Eichelberger wrote, " Buna was ... bought at a substantial price in death, wounds, disease, despair, and human suffering.

Robert Lawrence Eichelberger ( 9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961 ) was a general officer in the United States Army, who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.

Robert Lawrence Eichelberger was born at Urbana, Ohio on 9 March 1886, the youngest of five children of George Maley Eichelberger, a farmer and lawyer, and Emma Ring Eichelberger.

Eichelberger was a poor student, as he had been at high school and Ohio State, but did become a cadet lieutenant, and graduated 68th in his class of 103.

It was in Panama that Eichelberger met Emma Gudger, the daughter of Hezekiah A. Gudger, the Chief Justice of the Panama Canal Zone Supreme Court.

It too was sent to the Mexican border, and was based at Douglas, Arizona, where Eichelberger was promoted to first lieutenant on 1 July 1916.

Following the American entry into World War I in April 1917, Eichelberger was promoted to captain on 15 May.

While he was en route to California, Eichelberger learned from Graves that the 8th Division's destination had changed, and it was now bound for Siberia instead.

Among the recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross for Siberia and North Russia were Robert L. Eichelberger, who would earn a second medal in World War II, and Sidney C. Graves, who had previously received a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I.

For his services in Siberia, Eichelberger was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 28 March 1919.

I Corps controlled the two American divisions in Australia, Major General Forrest Harding's 32nd Infantry Division, based at Camp Cable near Brisbane ; and Major General Horace Fuller's 41st Infantry Division at Rockhampton, Queensland, where Eichelberger, who was promoted to lieutenant general on 21 October, decided to establish his I Corps headquarters.

After nearly 40 years of service, Eichelberger retired with the rank of lieutenant general on 31 December 1948.

The new Chief of Staff, General Malin Craig offered Eichelberger command of the 29th Infantry, the demonstration regiment based at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Eichelberger was promoted to brigadier general in October 1940, and the next month received orders to become deputy division commander of the 7th Infantry Division under Stilwell.

Eichelberger was nominated to command American forces in Operation Torch, and he was ordered to conduct training in amphibious warfare with the 3rd, 9th and 30th Infantry Divisions in Chesapeake Bay in cooperation with Rear Admiral Kent Hewitt.

Some of the 32nd Infantry Division's officers privately denounced Eichelberger as ruthless and " Prussian ".

After the snipers seriously wounded Waldron in the shoulder, Eichelberger appointed Byers to command the 32nd Infantry Division, but he too was wounded on 16 December.

Since Sixth Army would do all the planning, and there was as yet little scope for corps-sized operations, Eichelberger found himself with a training role, preparing the 24th, 32nd and 41st Infantry Divisions for future missions.

In January 1944, Eichelberger was informed that he would be in charge of the next operation, a landing at Hansa Bay with the 24th and 41st Infantry Divisions.

After seeing the situation for himself, Eichelberger concluded that Fuller's 41st Infantry Division had not done too badly.

Three weeks later on 31 January, the Eighth United States Army of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, consisting of the 187th and 188th Glider Infantry Regiments of Col. Robert H. Soule, components of the U. S. 11th Airborne Division under Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing landed unopposed at Nasugbu in southern Luzon and began moving north toward Manila.

The Hanover Historic District, Eichelberger High School, George Nace ( Neas ) House, and US Post Office-Hanover are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Eichelberger also took productions of his plays on tour to such far away places as Australia and Europe.

The unit first activated on 10 June 1944 in the United States, being commanded by Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger.

Having never visited the front, MacArthur sent his Chief of Staff — Richard K. Sutherland — with a letter for Eichelberger which Sutherland delivered on Christmas Day.

The American Expeditionary Force Siberia departed San Francisco on 15 August, with Eichelberger as its Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 ( Intelligence ).

Instead of returning to the United States, Eichelberger became Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 ( Intelligence ), of the Philippine Department on 4 May 1920.

Other students in the class included Joseph Stilwell, Leonard Gerow and Joseph T. McNarney Eichelberger graduated as a Distinguished Graduate, one of the top quarter of the class, and stayed on at the Command and General Staff College as its Adjutant General.

Eichelberger departed for Australia on 20 August with 22 members of his staff in a B-24.

Eichelberger set an example by moving among the troops on the front lines, sharing their hardships and danger.

Nonetheless, as at Buna, Eichelberger relieved a number of officers that he felt were not performing as the battle ground on.

While still on Biak, Eichelberger learned that MacArthur had selected him to command the newly formed Eighth United States Army, which arrived at Hollandia in August 1944.

Eichelberger assumed personal command of the operation, which involved an advance on Manila by the lightly equipped 11th Airborne Division.

* Commanders: Maj. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger ( March – June 1942 ), Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff ( June 1942 – May 1943 ), Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce ( May 1943-27 February 1946 )

In June 1944, Eichelberger was summoned to Sixth Army headquarters by Krueger.