The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-14

 never had fully recovered from pneumonia which he contracted shortly after his arrival in Britain.
 He died peacefully in his tent. at- tended in his last hours by Army doctor Major Kenneth McPhergon of Beckley, W. Va, and surrounded by doughboys who knew him as the fightingest little guy in this mans Army"
 over-age for combat duty, he ob- tained special permission to lead an invasion assault force.
 He hit the Contentin beaches ie minutes after H-hour. wearing GOV. eralls. his only weapon an Army .45 pistol. Hobbling on his cane, he waved on his doughboys whom he led into the interior under fire from German B8-nnm. cannon, rockets and concrete emplaeed machine guns.
 He personally supervised the de- molition by engineers with TINT of the seawall at the beach. ! landed in one Of the waves behind the first in which the general was the leader. I found Gen. Roosevelt in the thick of 1t, cheering on his men and love ing the hot smell Of battle.
 noticed something wrong with his thumb and asked his young aide, It, Stevie Stevenson of Texas, what was the matter.
 ShFapneI Scratch
 The generals luck is still hold. ing out" Stevenson replied. "It's just scratch from a piece Of shFap- mel"
 In the last hours of the Battle of CherbouTg he led Q reconnaissance in force almost to the sea in what has come to be regarded as one of the brayest acts of this war.
 He walked a long way through country infested by German strong points at the head Of a battalion, past machine gun nests and snlpeFs, and almost reached the sea n0Fths west of the city.
 One of his past times was to cover the generals star on his steel helmet With chewing gum and Walk along the front areas. mingiing with the assault troops, Once when he was walking along ! saw an infantry man stick his head out of Q slit trench and ask:
 Who's that guy?"
 Not SO loud," one of his mates hushed him. That's the toughest little fighting man in this army. That's rought Tidln' Terry R0ose- welt"
 Roosevelt was born at Oyster Bay. Y, l., Sept. la, 1887. He was gTadu- dated from Harvard ln 1909,
 Tn World War ], he commanded the first battalion of tho a0th divl- sion in the offensives at Cantigny, eolssons, st, Mihlel and Meuse. AFgonne and was wounded twice,
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 Aftef the war he entered politics and served under President War ren c, Harding as assistant seeTer taFy of navy in 1921, He ran for Governor Of New York iD ia2s but lost to Alfred ?, Smith, Under Pyesr laent Herbert Hoover he served as governor general of the Philippines,
 He returned tO military duty be- fore the outbreak of the present war and in December of l0ll vas made 2 bTlgadieF general. Je vent t0 Britain as assistant e0mmandeT Of g division and later saw action il the North African and sieillan eaBls paigns,
 He commanded the first e0mhst team to attack 0ran in the North African landings in koVembeT, Ie4a
 He and his son, 0ueDiin, q enpr tain, fought together in North Africa and were clIed together g0g gallaniTy in action, The General re- eelved an oak leaf cluster represent Ing Q second silver staF f0r g0ing t0 . forward obseFYall0D post and remaining there until threat Of Q e0nnieFsaltaek had been Feplllsed
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 HIS dee0rall0ns from World War included the Distinguished Serve iee Gross, Distinguished Service Medal, the Purple Heart, Legion Of Honor and Gr0lg do 0ueITe,
 He vas one 0f f0ur R0ns 0f the former President, all Of whom alss llngulshed themselves ln the service, just RG ihelF father ald before them, One br0lheT, Lt, @nenlln, astaehed 10 the 0bih Aero squadron, vas Billed lH action near nhameFy Jllly la, l0la when his plane vas attacked by German Squadron
 An0iher, Mel, Kermit, who served Eilh the British and American armies lD the first World WaE, died June 4 lela, Of Illness while serve lFg gIlh the U, 6, Army,
 The thlvd, Archibald n,, served aa an lnfanlTy captain ln World waY ! and gas wounded whlle leaas lns . trench raid March q, lela Archibald, n0w . lieutenant colonel, was wounded June 20 ln nghilng 0n nlak Island 0ls ilga New 0ulnsa coast ln the a0nlhwaat paelna,
 Roosevelt was married ln 1916 te N|ean0r Butler Alexander Of New York, Besides Capt. Roosevelt their children are Mrs, Grace MeMlllen and Theodore 3Fe, and Cornelius Of the V, s, Navy,