Theodore Roosevelt Jr., oldest son of President Teddy Roosevelt, founded the American Legion after World War I; he received the Medal of Honor in World War II.
The American Legion is the nation’s largest veterans' service organization , an army of 2 million men and women today who strengthen communities from coast to coast. 'The nation gives so much to us as veterans, it’s important that we continue to volunteer to help the nation when we come home,' Jake Comer, past national commander of the American Legion , told Fox News Digital.
He was gassed nearly to blindness and wounded by machine-gun fire,' said Stoffer. 'He walked with a limp and a cane the rest of his life.' His assisted walk painted one of the most heroic images in American military history a quarter of a century later. Brig. Gen. Roosevelt limped out of the ocean and onto the sands of Normandy with the first wave of American liberators on D-Day in 1944, under deadly fire.
Said celebrated World War II Army Gen. Omar Bradley of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 'I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier.' To read more stories in this unique 'Meet the American Who…' series from Fox News Digital, click here. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.
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