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Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: The Life of a War Hero. H. Paul Jeffers. Presidio, 2001. 282 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, U.S. Army, Retired
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was a hero of two wars. The youngest regimental commander in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of World War I, Roosevelt also served as assistant division commander of the 4th Infantry Division that landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. At the time of his unexpected death from a heart attack on July 12, 1944, Roosevelt had been scheduled to assume command of the 90th Infantry Division. His premature demise generated widespread praise from the senior echelons of the Allied Expedition Force (AEF). General George Patton called Roosevelt "the bravest Soldier I ever knew."
In the first biography of the eldest son of the nation's 26th president, former broadcast journalist and historian H. Paul Jeffers has brought 'Ted" Roosevelt to life. Having written several biographies of President Theodore Roosevelt, Jeffers is well-qualified to write a biography of the president's eldest son. In a sense, the lives of father and son became intertwined, with both dedicated to...