Archie Roosevelt - Son of Theodore Roosevelt

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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army
April 9, 1894 - October 13, 1979

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Archie Roosevelt

Archie in World War I

Nicknamed "Archikins", this fifth child of President Roosevelt was a distinguished commander of U.S. forces in both World War I and II, conflicts in which he was wounded and awarded the Croix de Guerre and Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, respectively.
During WWII, Archie's bravery at the head of a joint American-Australian Infantry division earned him the distinction of naming a key battleground as "Roosevelt Ridge". In WWII a grenade shattered the same knee Archie had injured during combat in WWI, thus earning him the dubious distinction of being the only American to ever be classified as 100% disabled; twice!

After World War II, Archie founded the successful brokerage firm of Roosevelt & Cross.
One of the few non-alcoholics to sit on the Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Archie associated with extreme right wing groups such as the John Birch Society, and took great offense at the anti-Vietnam protests of the 1960's.
In 1917, Archie married Grace Stackpole Longwood, engendering four children: Archibald Jr., Nancy, Theodora, and Edith. Archie and Grace made their home close to Sagamore Hill in Cold Spring Harbor.
In 1971, Grace was killed in an automobile accident where Archie was the driver.
Inconsolable, Archie introverted himself at his home in Hobe Sound, Florida, where he died from a stroke in 1979 at the age of 85.