When I was a kid in Brooklyn, NY my Dad, who was commissioned in the field in France in WWI and was called back in WWII, was a friend of the commander of Fort Hamilton (near our home). The Commander invited our family to the Polo matches held at the fort, and to watch from his private box.

        The officer in charge of the box back then, and who wiped the seat for each of the commanders guests,  was a young lieutenant by the name of Robert L. Eichelberger.

         In 1946 that same young lieutenant was now my commanding general of the Eighth Army in Japan.

        I had the satisfaction of stating to my fellow soldiers that "Gen. Eichelberger is no big deal. He used to wipe my seat when I was a kid." PFC Sigurd J. “Sig” Arnesen, Jr. A Company, 720th MP Battalion, 8th Army, Nakano, Tokyo, Occupied Japan, 1946-1947.