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|name= Quentin Roosevelt II |birth_date= {{birth date|1919|11|04|mf=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1948|12|21|1919|11|04|mf=yes}} |birth_place= Oyster Bay, New York |death_place=Basalt Island, Hong Kong |placeofburial= Youngs Memorial Cemetery |placeofburial_label= Place of burial (Cenotaph Only) |image= |image_size= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Army |serviceyears=1941-1945 |rank= Major |unit=1st Infantry Division |commands= |battles= World War II * Battle of Kasserine Pass * Battle of Normandy |awards={{plainlist|
}} |laterwork=Director of the China National Aviation Corporation }} Quentin Roosevelt II (November 4, 1919 – December 21, 1948) was the fourth child and youngest son of Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III and Eleanor Butler Alexander. He was the namesake of his uncle Quentin Roosevelt, who was killed in action in 1918 during World War I. His elder brothers were World War II veterans Theodore Roosevelt IV and Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt III. LifeQuentin II was born on November 4, 1919 at Oyster Bay, New York. Quentin II published a paper through the American Museum of Natural History in 1934, describing a new species of fossil pronghorn antelope that he and a boyhood friend, Joseph W. Burden, had found in a cave in southern Arizona.[1][2] He attended Harvard University, where he wrote his senior thesis on some Nakhi (Naxi) manuscripts he had collected while visiting Western China at the border of Tibet.[3][4] Life magazine published images from his journey, which he made at the age of 19.[5] Military careerHe graduated from Groton School followed by Harvard College in 1941 and soon after joined the Army. World War IIQuentin II served in the 1st Infantry Division, alongside his father. He served as an artillery officer in the unit. During the war, he fought in the Battle of Kasserine Pass (February 1943).[6] Roosevelt was among the first wave of soldiers to land at Omaha Beach while his father landed with the first wave at Utah Beach on D-day. Roosevelt earned Silver Star, Purple Heart and French Croix de Guerre for his war service. He was promoted to Major by the end of war and left active service. DeathWhile serving as the Director of the China National Aviation Corporation, he was killed in a plane crash in Hong Kong, on December 21, 1948. He was 29. His C-54 plane crashed on a mountain on Basalt Island in Sai Kung. All 35 on board were killed instantly.[7] There is no clear record of recovery or disposition of his remains but they are believed to have been left on Basalt Island.[8] A memorial gravestone for him is located at his wife's grave in Youngs Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York.[9] [10] A memorial is placed for him in the Basalt Island. FamilyOn April 12, 1944, he married Frances Blanche Webb,[11] an American Red Cross worker, at Blandford Forum. They had three daughters: Anna, Alexandra, and Susan. Anna C. Roosevelt, a noted archaeologist specializing in Amazonia, won a MacArthur Fellowship. Alexandra married Ronald W. Dworkin.[12] Susan Roosevelt Weld graduated from Harvard University with a JD and PhD, and was married to former Massachusetts Governor William Weld; they had five children: David Minot Weld, Ethel Derby Weld, Mary B. Weld, Quentin Roosevelt Weld, and Frances Wylie Weld.[13] Awards and DecorationsQuentin II earned the following decorations for his war service:
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References1. ^{{cite journal | last1 = Roosevelt | first1 = Q. | last2 = Burden | first2 = J. W. | title = A new species of antilocaprine, Tetrameryx onusrosagris, from a Pleistocene cave deposit in southern Arizona | journal = American Museum Novitates | volume = 754 | pages = 1–4 | publisher = AMNH | date = 1934 | url = http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2114 | accessdate = 2015-11-21}} 2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/exhibits/prehistoric-pronghorn/burdens-pronghorn-an-arizona-story/ | title = Burden's Pronghorn: an Arizona Story | website = Prehistoric Pronghorn | publisher = International Wildlife Museum | access-date = 2015-11-21}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/intldl/naxihtml/roosevelt.html|title=Naxi Manuscript Collection: Quentin Roosevelt II|work=loc.gov}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/intldl/naxihtml/roosevelt.html|title=Naxi Manuscript Collection: Quentin Roosevelt II|work=loc.gov}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mj8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA30&ots=JRwFqi9uBu&dq=Buddhism%20-%20study%20of%20its%20history%20takes%20Quentin%20Roosevelt%20to%20Tibet.&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=Buddhism%20-%20study%20of%20its%20history%20takes%20Quentin%20Roosevelt%20to%20Tibet.&f=false|title=LIFE|work=google.com}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Nye|first1=Logan|title=This father-son team invaded Africa and Normandy together|url=https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/father-son-roosevelt-world-war-2|website=We Are The Mighty|accessdate=27 April 2018|language=en|date=21 June 2015}} 7. ^[https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA071EFF385B177A93C0AB1789D95F4C8485F9 "Quentin Roosevelt Killed in Air Crash"]. New York Times, December 22, 1948 8. ^{{cite news|title=Basalt Island Crash Investigation|url=http://www.cnac.org/sundby03.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2015|author=David Pickerell|date=19 November 2007}} 9. ^{{citation |url = http://www.cnac.org/accident015.htm|title=Crash of Airplane carrying Quentin Roosevelt II on December 21, 1948 |publisher=www.cnac.org |chapter=Circumstances of the Crash on Balsalt Island, Flight originated in Shanghai|accessdate = 2008-09-30}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Roosevelt&GSiman=1&GScnty=2007&GRid=17653540&|title=Maj Quentin Roosevelt, II (1919 - 1948) - Find A Grave Memorial|work=findagrave.com}} 11. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/13/obituaries/frances-roosevelt-portrait-artist-78.html?pagewanted=1 "Frances Roosevelt, Portrait Artist, 78"], The New York Times, September 13, 1995 12. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/06/style/alexandra-roosevelt-wed-to-dr-ronald-w-dworkin.html?pagewanted=1 "Alexandra Roosevelt Wed To Dr. Ronald W. Dworkin"], The New York Times, March 6, 1988 13. ^"The Weld's of Harvard Yard", Harvard Magazine, Craig A. Lambert External links
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