Commands U.S. Forces in Papua - Lieut. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, former Superintendent of the United States military Academy at West Point and now commander of U.S. forces in Papua, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for successful direction of forces driving the Japanese out of New Guinea. Fifty-seven years old, General Eichelberger was graduated from West Point in 1909. Much of his service has been in the Orient, including service as liaison officer with the Chinese delegation at the disarmament conference in 1922. May 22, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures).