General Roy S. Geiger, USMC: Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288329892)

This work comprises an effort to answer the question of how an airman can be qualified to be a Joint Force Commander, using the biographical example of General Roy S. Geiger, USMC. Geiger was the fifth designated Marine Aviator, earning his wings in June of 1917. He then served as a squadron commander in the First Marine Aviation Force in World War I (WW I), where he flew combat sorties and earned his first Navy Cross. In the interwar years, he served in multiple command billets, acted as head of Marine Aviation, and performed with distinction as a student at the Army Command and General Staff School and the Army and Navy War Colleges. During World War II, Geiger commanded the First Marine Aircraft Wing and the CACTUS Air Force in the dark days of the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942, where at age fifty-seven he again flew in combat, earning his second Navy Cross.

Author: James B. Wellons
ISBN-10: 128832989X
ISBN-13: 9781288329892
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2012
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.38d