Quentin Roosevelt

Quentin Roosevelt

Quentin Theodore Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest and favorite son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Family and friends agreed that Quentin had many of his father's positive qualities and few of the negative ones. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot during World War I. Extremely popular with his fellow pilots and known for being daring, he was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day (July 14), 1918.

Read more about Quentin Roosevelt:  Childhood, Education, Personal Life, Military Service, Quentin As An American Pilot in France, Roosevelt's Last Combat Flight and Death Over France, June 2007 Trip To Quentin's French Battlefield Monument, Commemorations of Quentin Roosevelt and USAS

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