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I never knew that two of Theodore Roosevelt's sons were buried at Normandy, under vastly different circumstancespic.twitter.com/DOPDJ3KOh1
I was pointed there from this @csgazette story on Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., who at 56 was the oldest man on the beach during D-Day, a fact i also did not know until today.https://gazette.com/military/general-from-fort-carson-s-th-infantry-saved-the-day/article_3821496b-c446-5176-8009-fa0f3c75f494.html …
In 1947, The Times ran a news item on the general's widow traveling abroad to visit his gravepic.twitter.com/wQ3vZhwlaX
I'm trying to find any item from 1944 on The Times covering Roosevelt's actual death in Normandy, but so far no luck. Either the piece is lost, or even the death of a general and president's son didn't rise in the chaotic summer days of 1944.
Update! @nytryan found it. July 14, 1944. A1 obit: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/07/14/87458169.html?pageNumber=1 … Roosevelt had a heart attack five weeks after the Normandy invasion.pic.twitter.com/EQHO4djihI
The last few hours of Roosevelt Jr's life. Chatted with his son, who was also serving. Had an earlier heart attack. Didn't tell anyone. Napped a little in a Nazi truck. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/07/14/87458169.pdf …pic.twitter.com/AtISBDcLaA
Anyway, if you like history, and newspapers, and WWII, you should read this incredible story about the role Ernie Pyle played in all of them:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/magazine/d-day-normandy-75th-ernie-pyle.html …
Do you regularly read times archives?
it's one of my favorite internet things.
I feel like the deaths were discussed in “The Roosevelts” PBS series, available on Netflix. I know Quentin’s was and TR Jr’s might have been mentioned in one of the last two episodes.
that is still on my to-watch list. it's a very long list :(
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