Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger

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Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and pioneering Marine aviator who rose to senior command in the Pacific theater during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
human ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Croix de Guerre (France) ⓘ
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Distinguished Service Medal (US Navy) ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
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
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
commandedUnit 1st Marine Aircraft Wing ⓘ
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (acting commander) ⓘ
III Amphibious Corps ⓘ
commissionedInto United States Marine Corps ⓘ
commissionedRank Second Lieutenant ⓘ
commissionedYear 1907 ⓘ
conflict Banana Wars ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1947-01-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Bethesda, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Bethesda, Maryland
education Florida State Normal College ⓘ
Naval War College ⓘ
Stetson University ⓘ
United States Army Command and General Staff College ⓘ
familyName Geiger ⓘ
fullName Roy Stanley Geiger ⓘ
givenName Roy ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Lieutenant General ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
nickname Roy ⓘ
notableFor being the first Marine Corps officer to command a field army-level force in combat ⓘ
commanding III Amphibious Corps in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ
pioneering Marine Corps aviation ⓘ
temporary command of U.S. Tenth Army during the Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
occupation aviator ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
pilotQualification Naval Aviator ⓘ
pilotWingsAwardedYear 1917 ⓘ
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
serviceYears 1907–1947 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Operation Stalemate II → commandedBy → Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger ⓘ