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1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. death.... WWII Normandy...
1944 Theodore Roosevelt Jr. death.... WWII Normandy...
Item # 717655
July 14, 1944
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 14, 1944
* Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Jr. death
* Utah Beach World War II Normandy
* World War II - WWII - Post D-Day
The front page has a two column heading: "Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Victim of Heart Attack" with subhead and photo. (see images)
Complete with all 222 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.
AI notes: Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, died on July 12, 1944, in France during World War II. He was serving in the U.S. Army and had played a key role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy just a month earlier, on June 6, 1944. Despite suffering from heart problems and arthritis, he insisted on landing with the first wave on Utah Beach, becoming the only general to do so.
Roosevelt died of a heart attack in his sleep in Méautis, France, at the age of 56. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary leadership and bravery during the Normandy invasion. He is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, next to his younger brother Quentin Roosevelt, who was killed in World War I.
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