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14 July 1918 : Flight Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt
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Quentin was born on 17 November 1897. His father was Theodore Roosevelt, and his mother was Edith. Quentin was the youngest of six children. He was four years old when his father became US President, so he grew up in the White House from 1901 to 1909. Above: Half-sister Alice sister Ethel, and brothers Ted, Kermit and Archie. At age 11 in 1909,...
Freedom Struggles. African Americans and World War One by Adriane Lentz-Smith
Paperback $28.00 £22.95 ISBN 9780674062054 Publication Date 30 September 2011 336 Pages In this influential 2009 Harvard publication Adriane Lentz-Smith provides a long overdue appraisal of the experience of African American soldiers in the American Expeditionary Force in 1918 and 1919. In doing so the lives and hopes of black Americans are set...
Quentin Roosevelt; A Sketch with Letters (and poetry)
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Edited by Kermit Roosevelt Illustrated New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1921 (Facsimile) From the start, there is a sense of tragedy; you know that this is a collection of letters sent by someone serving in France who will die. Though a collection of letters, this is an easy read with a clear and completed beginning, middle and end, providing in...