Franklin D Roosevelt In 1917 goes to European front lines & gets as close as they will let him. On return voyage, he comes down with a 'strange' influenza

Franklin D. Roosevelt *

in his 1933 Inaugural Address,

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself!"

Thirty-Second President
1933-1945

Born: January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York

Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia

Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat.

He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920.

In 1917 FDR goes to European front lines & gets as close as they will let him.

On return voyage, he comes down with a 'strange' influenza - PBS video

In January 1917, Hitler is cleared for full duty and asks to ...

In July, 1917 the British begin massive bombardments using high explosives and poison gas. On July 31, 1917 the British attack using a 3,000 gun barrage and enormous tanks. These rivet-hulled monsters, armed with naval guns and machine-guns, are partially the invention of Winston Churchill

.... With the German offensive effort nearly spent, the Allies start counterattacking, using American and British troops as well as the new tanks. The Spanish Influenza sweeps through the front lines and rear areas, killing millions on both sides, but hitting the hungry German home front the hardest.

On Aug 4 U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, visiting the war, finally reaches the front, at the village of Mareuil-en-Dole.

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"He and Eleanor were married in 1905, with her uncle the President giving the bride away. Within eleven years Eleanor bore six children; one son died in infancy."

Were there any health concerns for children conceived after this 1917 'flu?' (No)

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906-1975)
James Roosevelt (1907-1991)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.(1909)
Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.(1914-1988),
John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981)