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44. Longest Day

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 10:07 AM

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I recently saw the film The Longest Day, about the D-Day invasion.

In that film, Henry Fonda played Theodore Roosevelt Jr, son of former President Teddy Roosevelt.

Despite having a heart condition, arthritis and use of cane. he was part of the first wave on Utah Beach.

His immediate superior rejected his wish to go and he wrote an appeal:

The force and skill with which the first elements hit the beach and proceed may determine the ultimate success of the operation.... With troops engaged for the first time, the behavior pattern of all is apt to be set by those first engagements. [It is] considered that accurate information of the existing situation should be available for each succeeding element as it lands. You should have when you get to shore an overall picture in which you can place confidence. I believe I can contribute materially on all of the above by going in with the assault companies. Furthermore I personally know both officers and men of these advance units and believe that it will steady them to know that I am with them.

He did not use excuses to get out of fighting. No bone spurs for him.

BTW, he passed away about a month later of a heart attack in France.

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