Teddy Roosevelt believed in the efficacy of war. For Roosevelt, the call
to arms expressed national greatness and bold masculinity.
Unsurprisingly, the former president loudly championed America’s
entrance into World War I, often assailing President Wilson in the years
and months running up to April 1917 for his reluctance to commit
America to the conflict. Roosevelt’s four sons—Archibald, Theodore Jr.,
Kermit and Quentin—all served. It did not end without loss. Quentin, a
pilot in World War I, was shot down and perished in mid-July 1918. ... [mehr] http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/07/world-war-i-quentin-roosevelts-story/
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