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At 56 Roosevelt Jr led D-Day's first wave despite illness earning a posthumous Medal of Honor #ww2

At 56 Theodore Roosevelt Jr son of President Theodore Roosevelt and a WWI veteran was denied D Day participation due to severe arthritis and heart problems But he insisted on going saying his presence would boost the 4th Infantry Division's morale His request was approved

On June 6 1944 he landed with the first wave at Utah Beach the only general to do so Walking with a cane under heavy fire he declared We will start the war from right here

He received the Medal of Honor posthumously but died of a heart attack just 36 days later never knowing of the honor

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