Roy Geiger
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title:
Roy Geiger
text:
Roy Stanley Geiger was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War I and World War II. In World War II, he became the first Marine Corps general to lead a field army. Geiger commanded the III Amphibious Corps in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 before assuming the command of the U.S. Tenth Army upon the combat death of its commander, Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Geiger successfully led the Tenth Army until relieved by General Joseph Stilwell.
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US Marine Corps general (1885–1947)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Geiger
date created:
2004-02-24T05:34:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:34:58Z
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