General History · Question

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the only General involved in the initial assault on D-Day.

Answer

True

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True. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the only general to go ashore with the very first assault waves on D-Day (Utah Beach, June 6, 1944). Despite arthritis and a heart condition

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