Samuel D. Sturgis Jr.

'''Samuel D. Sturgis. Jr.''' (1897-1964) was an American soldier. Most of his career was spent in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. During World War II, he oversaw the building of bridges, roads, and airfields throughout the Pacific Theater. He attained the rank of lieutenant general, and was the Chief of Engineers from 1953-1956.

Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. in Southern Victory
Lt. General Samuel D. Sturgis served as the Chief of the United States General Staff under President Herbert Hoover. He gave preliminary support to Abner Dowling's idea of the instituting make-work programs in Utah, but nonetheless had to pass the idea on to Secretary of War Franklin D. Roosevelt, who also liked it. Hoover overruled the plan, however.