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Quentin Roosevelt ( November 19, 1897 - July 14, 1918) was a son of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was the youngest child, just three years old, when his father was called to the presidency, and he grew up in the White House. He was famous for the many antics and pranks during his residence there. He attended the Force School in Washington, D.C.. Later he was a student at Groton School. Quentin loved machinery and rebuilt a motorcycle while in college. He was a student at Harvard University, but quit to join the newly formed army aviation unit. He was forced to memorize the eye chart so that he could pass the physical exam by concealing his poor vision. He trained on Long Island at an air field later renamed Roosevelt Field in his honor.
During the World War I Battle of Marne , Quentin's plane (a Nieuport 28 ) was shot down over France by the German Ace Seargent Thom . He was killed. German propagandists distributed pictures of his body, and then buried his body at the crash site near Coulonges-en-Tardenois .
When the World War II American Cemetary was established at St. Laurent-sur-Mer near Coleville, France , Quentin's body was exhumed and moved there. He is buried next to his brother Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1923. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. or Theodore Roosevelt II (also known as Ted Roosevelt or Teddy Roosevelt ( September 13, 1887 July 12, 1944) was an American political, business and military leader. He served as the Assistant Secr, who died in France shortly after D-DayIn military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. By far the most well-known D-Day is June 6, 1944—the day on which the Battle of Normandy began—commencing the American and British.
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