Image: Theodore-Roosevelt-Jr-Medal-of-Honor-1944

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Description: Photograph of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously presented to her husband, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Print bears Signal Corps marking at lower left, and at right the number 194092-5 appears. Original AP Wirephoto caption reads as follows: (WX13) WASHINGTON, SEPT. 21 — GEN. ROOSEVELT'S WIDOW RECEIVES HIS MEDAL — Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., today receives from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson a posthumous award for him of Medal of Honor for "gallantry and intrepidity." Left–right are: Gen. George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff; Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding Army Air Forces; Mrs. Roosevelt, of Oyster Bay, N.Y.; British Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Secretary Stimson. (See Wire Story) (AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps) (gd51802) 1944
Title: Theodore-Roosevelt-Jr-Medal-of-Honor-1944
Credit: Self-scan of original print
Author: United States Army Signal Corps photograph distributed by Associated Press
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