Editing Roy Geiger (section)

{{short description|US Marine Corps general (1885–1947)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Roy Stanley Geiger
| image               = Roy Geiger.jpg
| caption             = Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps
| order               = 1st
| office              = Military Governor of Guam
| term_start          = July 21, 1944
| term_end            = August 10, 1944
| predecessor         = [[Hideyoshi Obata]] (last Japanese military governors)
| successor           = [[Henry Louis Larsen]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1885|1|25}}
| birth_place         = [[Middleburg, Florida]], US
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1947|1|23|1885|1|25}}
| death_place         = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], US<ref>Willock ''Unaccustomed to Fear'', p. 315</ref>
| resting_place       = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| nickname            = "Jiggs"<ref name=Hubler51>Hubler and De Chant, 1944, p. 51.</ref>
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Eunice Renshaw Geiger]]|1917}}
| children            = 2
| module              = {{Infobox military person
|embed=yes
|allegiance= United States
|branch= [[United States Marine Corps]]
|serviceyears= 1907–1947
|rank= [[General (United States)|General]]
|commands= [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing]]<br />[[I Amphibious Corps]]<br />[[III Amphibious Corps]]<br />[[Tenth United States Army|Tenth Army]]<br />[[Fleet Marine Force, Pacific]]
|unit=
|battles= {{tree list}}
* [[Philippine–American War]]
* [[Banana Wars]]
** [[United States occupation of Nicaragua|Nicaragua intervention]]
** [[United States occupation of Haiti|Haiti intervention]]
* [[World War I]]
* [[World War II]]
** [[Battle of Guadalcanal]]
** [[Battle of Bougainville]]
** [[Battle of Guam (1944)|Battle of Guam]]
** [[Battle of Okinawa]]
{{tree list/end}}
|awards={{plainlist|
* [[Navy Cross]] (2)
* [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] (3)
* [[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]
}}
}}
}}
'''Roy Stanley Geiger''' (January 25, 1885 – January 23, 1947) was a [[United States Marine Corps]] four-star [[General (United States)|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]].