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Gen. Roosevelt's Grave

Ralph Morse1944-07

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Simone Renaud, wife of the mayor of Ste.-Mere-Eglise, placing flowers on one of the graves of American soldiers she has adopted, that belonging to Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the former Pres.; he died of a heart attack six days after Normandy invasion.

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  • Title: Gen. Roosevelt's Grave
  • Date: 1944-07
  • Location: France
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Simone Renaud, Graves, Wars, France, Wwii, American, Theodore Jr.-Death Roosevelt, Military, Casualties, Grave Visitors, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Ralph Morse
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_71721
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
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