Roy S. Geiger

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Roy S. Geiger was a United States Marine Corps general and pioneering Marine aviator who became one of the Corps’ most prominent World War II commanders in the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps general ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
human ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
battle Battle of Bougainville ⓘ
Battle of Guam (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Peleliu ⓘ
birthDate 1885-01-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Middleburg, Florida, United States ⓘ
linked to: Middleburg, Florida
commandedUnit Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (acting) ⓘ
linked to: Fleet Marine Force

I Amphibious Corps ⓘ
III Amphibious Corps ⓘ
III Marine Amphibious Corps ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1947-01-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Bethesda, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Bethesda, Maryland
distinction first Marine to command a field army ⓘ
education Army War College ⓘ
Florida State Normal College ⓘ
Stetson University ⓘ
United States Naval War College ⓘ
familyName Geiger ⓘ
fieldOfWork amphibious warfare ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
fullName Roy Stanley Geiger ⓘ
givenName Roy ⓘ
hasHonor Geiger Field (later Fairchild Air Force Base) originally named for him ⓘ
linked to: Geiger Field

USS Geiger (AP-197) named in his honor ⓘ
hasMilitarySpecialty Naval aviator ⓘ
heldPosition Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (acting) ⓘ
Commanding General, III Amphibious Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
notableEvent assumed command of U.S. Tenth Army at Okinawa after the death of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ⓘ
notableFor commanding Marine forces in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ
pioneering Marine Corps aviation ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
serviceEnd 1947 ⓘ
serviceStart 1907 ⓘ
wasOneOfFirst Marine Corps aviators ⓘ
wasPosthumouslyPromoted true ⓘ
wasPromotedToRank Lieutenant General ⓘ

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