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His son, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also earned a posthumous Medal of Honor during World War II, for rallying and leading troops in the midst of heavy German resistance during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 ; he died a month later and was awarded the Medal of Honor in September.
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Roosevelt's eldest son, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., received the Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Normandy in 1944.
* December 29 – General Martínez and Brigadier General Luís Daban stage a pronunciamento at Sagunto and proclaim Isabel's son Alfonso as King of Spain.
He was the son of Brigadier General Archibald Stirling, of Keir and Margaret Fraser, daughter of Simon Fraser, the Lord Lovat, ( a descendant of Charles II, King of Scots ).
Dawes was the great-great-grandson of the Revolutionary War figure William Dawes and the son of Brigadier General Rufus Dawes, who commanded the 6th Wisconsin regiment of the Iron Brigade from 1863 to 1864 during the American Civil War.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Col. James Walker Benét and his wife née Frances Neill Rose, and grandson of Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benét.
Born in Seville, he was the son of Brigadier José de Gayangos, intendente of Zacatecas, in New Spain.
David Heathcoat-Amory is the son of British Army Brigadier Roderick Heathcoat-Amory, MC ( son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet ) and the nephew of Harold Macmillan's Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Heathcoat-Amory.
The latter was the father of 1 ) Sir George Price Webley Hope, an Admiral in the Royal Navy, who was the father of Maurice Webley Hope ( 1901 – 1986 ), a Brigadier in the Army, and 2 ) Herbert Willes Webley Hope ( 1878 – 1969 ), an Admiral in the Royal Navy, whose son Adrian Price Webley Hope was a Major-General in the Army.
* Robert Johnson ( Civil War ) ( 1834 – 1869 ), Civil War Brigadier General, son of Andrew Johnson, U. S. President
Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of the Duchess of Cornwall, is the son of Derek Henry Parker-Bowles ( who assumed his mother's maiden surname of Bowles ), grandson of Reverend the Hon.
Arthur Grenville Fortescue ( 1858 – 1895 ), fourth son of the third Earl, was a Captain in the Army and the grandfather of Arthur Henry Grenville Fortescue, a Brigadier in the Army.
His grandson, the second Viscount ( son of Brigadier General Walter Long ) was killed in action in the Second World War.
Two recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I went on to earn the Medal of Honor in World War II – Major ( later Brigadier General ) Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, son of the former President, and Brigadier General ( later General of the Army ) Douglas MacArthur of the 42nd Division.
Following threats of resignation and pressure from “ very high topside ,” in January 1945 General Arnold ordered General Carl Spaatz in England to appoint Elliott a rated pilot, and the president submitted his son ’ s name to the Senate for promotion to Brigadier General.
Bred by John Hislop in England and foaled on the 5 March 1968, Brigadier Gerard was a son of the stallion Queen's Hussar, winner of the Sussex Stakes and the Lockinge Stakes, and the non-winning racemare, La Paiva, a daughter of Prince Chevalier.
Schally was born in Wilno, Second Polish Republic ( now Vilnius, Lithuania ), as the son of Gen. Brigadier Kazimierz Schally who was Chief of the Cabinet of President Ignacy Mościcki of Poland and Maria Łącka, Polish noble woman from an old and known family.
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He is the son of Lieutenant General Victor H. " Brute " Krulak, USMC, who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
William Gordon ( d. 1816 ), eldest son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a General in the Army.
Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon ( 1817 – 1890 ), eldest son of the second marriage of the fourth Earl, was a General in the Army and sat as Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire East.
Aberdeen's second son was General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon ; his third son was the Reverend Douglas Hamilton-Gordon ; and his youngest son Arthur Gordon was created Baron Stanmore in 1893.
His second son was General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, leader of the heavy cavalry charge at Balaklava.
Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of Major General Henry Lee III ( Light Horse Harry ) ( 1756 – 1818 ), Governor of Virginia, and his second wife, Anne Hill Carter ( 1773 – 1829 ).
His son Rahul Gandhi is a Member of Parliament and the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee.
Herschel's discoveries were supplemented by those of Caroline Herschel ( 11 objects ) and his son John Herschel ( 1754 objects ) and published by him as General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters in 1864.
In late 1968, General Abrams met with Colonel George S. Patton IV-the son of World War II General Patton-who was the regimental commander of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ( 11th ACR Blackhorse ), the only full regiment of cavalry in Vietnam.
* A younger son, Nehemia (" Chemi "), Co-founder / Managing General Partner of Pitango Venture Capital, one of Israel's largest venture capital funds.
Russell Clifford Durant ( called " Cliff " by his friends ) was a race car driver, speedboat enthusiast, amateur flier, President of Durant Motors in Oakland, and son of General Motors founder William " Billy " Crapo Durant.
Hussein Mohamed Farrah, son of General Aidid, immigrated to the United States when he was 17 years old.
* Kee-too-way-how (‘ Sounding With Flying Wings ’, better known as Alexander Cayen dit Boudreau, Chief of the Parklands or Willow Cree at Muskeg Lake, born 1834 St. Boniface, Manitoba, son of Pierre Narcisse Cayen dit Boudreau and Adelaide Catherine Arcand (‘ Kaseweetin ’), though he was of Métis descent he became chief of the Willow Cree and the Métis, who were living with the Cree, brother of Petequakey (‘ Isidore Cayen dit Boudreau ’), lived along Duck Lake, signed 1876 Treaty 6 and settled in a reserve at Muskeg Lake-that was later named after his brother Petequakey-but left the reserve in 1880 and lived again in the following years close to St. Laurent de Grandin mission, played a prominent role during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in which he participated in every battle, served also as an emissary of the Métis leader Gabriel Dumont to ask the Assiniboine for support, on 23 May 1885 he also submitted the declaration of surrender of Pitikwahanapiwiyin (' Poundmaker ') to General Middleton, was captured on the 1st June 1885, in the subsequent trial of Kee-too-way-how at Regina, Louis Cochin testified that he and the carters in the camp of Pitikwahanapiwiyin survived only thanks to the intercession by Kee-way-too-how and its people, despite the positive testimony, he was on 14 August 1885 sentenced to imprisonment for seven years for his involvement in the Métis rebellion, died 1886 ).
Lee was born in Cheshire, England, the son of General John Lee and Isabella Bunbury ( daughter of Sir Henry Bunbury, 3rd Baronet ).
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According to contemporary biographers Theodore Beza and Nicolas Colladon, Gérard believed his son would earn more money as a lawyer than as a priest.
* Hersart, Theodore, Myrdhin ou l ' enchanteur Merlin: son histoire, ses oeuvres, son influence, Paris, Terre de Brume, 1989.
Ralph Merkle is the grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle, the son of Theodore Charles Merkle, director of Project Pluto and the brother of Judith Merkle Riley, a historical writer.
Theodore, Sr., had a tremendous influence on his son, who wrote of him, " My father, Theodore Roosevelt, was the best man I ever knew.
Theodore Roosevelt ( center ) and his son at a military parade near Berlin with German Wilhelm II, German Emperor | Emperor Wilhelm II ( May, 1910 )
Theodore Raimi was born in Detroit, Michigan, as a son of Celia Barbara ( née Abrams ), a lingerie store proprietor, and Leonard Ronald Raimi, a furniture store proprietor.
* July 14 – Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, killed in action as fighter pilot ( b. 1897 )
** Archibald Roosevelt, American conservative political activist, son of President Theodore Roosevelt ( b. 1894 )
One son, James R. Garfield, followed him into politics and became Secretary of the Interior under President Theodore Roosevelt.
The community lasted until John Humphrey Noyes attempted to pass the leadership thereof to his son, Theodore Noyes.
Walter Frederick Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, the son of Claribel Hope ( née Cowan ), a part-time music teacher, and Theodore Sigvaard Mondale, a Methodist minister.
He was born in Constantinople as the son of Theodore and Eudokia, of a strictly orthodox family, which had suffered from the earlier Iconoclasm.
His father Theodore, one of the secretaries of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos, had been scourged and banished to Nicaea for his zealous support of Iconodules, and the son inherited the religious convictions of the father.
Manuel II was the author of numerous works of varied character, including letters, poems, a Saint's Life, treatises on theology and rhetoric, and an epitaph for his brother Theodore I Palaiologos and a mirror of prince for his son and heir Ioannes.
The decision outraged the Roman nobility, and led to an uprising against the authority of the Roman Curia in northern Italy, led by Paschal ’ s former legate, Theodore, and his son Leone.
Frederick and Mary had two children together who survived infancy: a daughter, Marion ( born October 28, 1861 ) and a son Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Their first child, John Theodore Olmsted, was born on June 13, 1860 and died in infancy.
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