I never knew that two of Theodore Roosevelt's sons were buried at Normandy, under vastly different circumstancespic.twitter.com/DOPDJ3KOh1
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@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
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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
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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 …
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All these details are so interesting. Also? “Hanson W. Baldwin” is such a Times-sounding byline of that era
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He won a pulitzer! (Yes I just went upstairs to take this.)pic.twitter.com/bgSq5M3JOV
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