Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1944, Eichelberger akadanwa kuChikamu cheChitanhatu cheHondo naKrueger. Hondo yeBiak
, uko 41st Infantry Division yakanga yasvika muna Chivabvu, yakanga ichienda zvakashata, uye nhandare dzendege idzo MacArthur akanga avimbisa kuti dzaizove dziripo kutsigira Hondo yeSaipan dzakanga dzisiri mumaoko eAmerica. Eichelberger akawana kuti vaJapan, avo vakanga varipo muchiverengero chikuru kupfuura chakanga chakaziviswa pakuvamba, vakanga vakahwanda mumapako akanga akatarira nzvimbo dzendege. Nepo vaAmerica vakanga vakarovedzwa uye vakashongedzerwa zviri nani kupfuura paBuna, ndozvakanga zvakaitawo vaJapan, avo vakashandisa nzira dzavo itsva dzokudzivisa kurwisa kunodhura uye kutsvaka mutero mukuru nokuda kwenzvimbo yakawanikwa. Pashure pokuona mamiriro acho ezvinhu iye pachake, Eichelberger akagumisa kuti 41st Infantry Division yaFuller yakanga isina kuita zvakaipa kwazvo. Kunyange zvakadaro, sezvakaitika paBuna, Eichelberger akabvisa vakuru vakuru vakati wandei vaaifunga kuti vakanga vasiri kuita zvakanaka sezvo hondo yaiitika. Mirairo yake yakanga iri yokutsiva Fuller somutungamiri weboka rebasa pane kumusunungura somutungamiri weboka, asi Fuller akakumbira kusunungurwa kwake pachake, uye Krueger akamubvumira. Pachirongwa chaEichelberger, Fuller akatsiviwa naBrigadier General Jens A. Doe. Krueger haana kufadzwa nemabatiro akaita Eichelberger paBiak, achigumisa kuti nzira dzaEichelberger dzaive dzisina fungidziro, uye dzakanga dzisina nani pane dzaFuller, uye dzinogona kunge dzakanonoka pane kukurumidza kutora chitsuwa. Kune rumwe rutivi, MacArthur aifunga zvakakwirira zvakakwana nezvokuita kwaEichelberger kuti amupe Silver Star.