Samuel D. Sturgis III
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Samuel Davis Sturgis III, also known as Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as Chief of Engineers from 1953 to 1956, during the Cold War.
Sturgis c. 1953
Samuel D. Sturgis
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Samuel Davis Sturgis was a senior officer of the United States Army. A veteran of the Mexican War, Civil War, and Indian Wars, he attained the rank of brevet major general.
Samuel D. Sturgis III
…Davis Sturgis III was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and came from a military family. Both his father, Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., and grandfather, also named Samuel D. Sturgis, were West Point graduates and major generals. Sturgis graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1918. After initial engineer training…
Sturgis in uniform, c. 1862