Quentin Roosevelt

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crosspostninja on December 1st, 2020 at 07:15 UTC »

Quentin Roosevelt - Wikipedia

Quentin Roosevelt I (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot during World War I. He was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day (July 14), 1918. As of 2020, he is the only child of a US President to die in combat.

MY_dixie_WRECKED33 on December 1st, 2020 at 07:31 UTC »

In case you didn’t know, the Roosevelts are a major rabbit hole of badassery.

Oh. You can also thank them for Pandas.

oldglas19 on December 1st, 2020 at 09:17 UTC »

Quentin Roosevelt and Theodor Roosevelt Jr are both buried at Colleville Sur Mer American Cemetery in Normandy. Jr was I believe the oldest Amercan officer to land on D-Day and died of a heart attack shortly after. At the families request they were buried next to each other. I believe this is the only instance of American brothers who died in the two World Wars, that are buried together in an overseas cemetery.