Evening star., 1943-03-05

He has been promoted from the
captaincv he had when the wal
began. When he was first COM
missioned in the Marine Corps, be-
fore the war. he was a lieutenant
colonel. However. when the wal
began he asked to be reduced to a
captaincy. His request was COM
piled with and now he has, by his
service with the marines in action
in the Southwest Pacific. been twice
promoted and risen again to the
rank of lieutenant colonel in his
own right. He has been decorated
for gallantry in action.
When he was serving as one OF
the secretaries to his father he had
to resign because of i'll health. He
underwent major operation at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mimi
His stomach was liberated, and the
surgeons removed a dangerous and
sizable ulcer.
Carried Out Combat Mission.
when he was discharged from
the hospital in Rochester, the sur
geons and doctors advised him to
remain on very restricted diet.
The marines in the Southwest Pa
ciflc eat what they can get in the
way of field rations and dieting in
accordance with doctors orders is
impossible. James Roosevelt was
one of them and ate with them and
lost 80 pounds in weight.
He was second in command of
a detachment of Marine commandos
They went on a combat mission. He
refused to leave his command and
remained with it until the mission
had been accomplished The doctors
with his deta chment then ordered
him to service hospital for obser-
vatlon. AS result, he was re-
turned to the United States and has
been instructing Marines in COM
mandO tactics at training station
on the West Coast. My information
is that he has asked to be relieved
Of his duties as an instructor and to
be returned to the Southwest Pacific
for further active service there.
Franklin, Jr., Served at Sea.
Franklin, jr., entered the Navy as
a reservist, following his graduation
from Harvard, where he had taken
the course of studies prescribed for
naval reservists and had passed
successfully. He has been promoted
to lieutenancy and is serving at
of
flcer aboard a destroyer. His ship
was in action at Casablanca and I
have heard it said that MS destroyer
fired more shells than any other
ship of its class that saw action at
Casablanca. After that action, his
destroyer was ordered to a navy yard
on the Atlantic Coast for repairs.
While those repairs were being made
Franklin, jr.. was given a few davs
leave and it was then that he visited
Washington to see his father and
mother.
Franklin, jr.. was assigned to
neutrality patrol work in the North
Atlantic before Pearl Harbor. While
on this duty he suffered an attack
of appendicitis. His destroyer, as
was the case with many others at
that time, did not have a full COM
plement of officers. He carried on
standing his watches with his
brother officers. and he remained on
duty despite his illness until his
ship returned to the home port.
John Failed Physical.
Standing watch on a DESTROYER
in the wintry waters of the North
Atlantic is a mans job any time
But standing such watch when a
man is i'll and running fever
takes something of real American
ism. And that is what this bov
did
John Roosevelt does not have
normal eyesight. He could not pass
the physical examination as a Navy
line officer. He was accepted how
ever as a supply officer, receiving
his commission as an ensign after
he had passed the course of studies
, given by the Navy business school at
Harvard University. of which insti-
/ tuition John is graduate.
He was at one time in charge OF
/ the supplies for squadron of ships
! in Pacific waters. He was attached
/ al the time TO a shore station. the