Ross E. Rowell
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Ross Erastus Rowell was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps aviator who served as the Marine Corps' Director of Aviation from May 30, 1935, until March 10, 1939, and was one of the three sen
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Roy Geiger
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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.
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…United States Navy left much to be desired. The lack of adequate air support was coupled with the feeling amongst other senior Marine aviators such as Roy Geiger and then Commandant Alexander Vandegrift that Marine aviation was not paying attention to its primary purpose of providing close air support, and was…
Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps
Geiger (third from left) and III MAC staff during the planning of Okinawa operation. From left to right: David R. Nimmer, Walter A. Wachtler, Geiger, Merwin H. Silverthorn, Sidney S. Wade, Francis B. Loomis Jr. and Gale T. Cummings.
Major General Roy S. Geiger (left), Marine III Amphibious Corps Commander, en route to Guam on board the command ship USS Appalachian. In the center is his Chief of Staff, Colonel Merwin H. Silverthorn and on the right is Brigadier General Pedro del Valle, Corps Artillery commander.
"General Roy S. Geiger Memorial Parkway" sign on County Road 220 in Clay County, Florida, just south of Jacksonville