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Committee on Public Information, 1917–1919 "At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.90 Author/Creator: Committee on Public Information, 1917–1919 Place Written: Chamery, France Type: Photograph Date: July 1918 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 24.1 cm Order a Copy

Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a few days later. The Germans had marked the grave with a cross of boughs and an inscription upon a board from the wrecked plane: 'Lt. Roosevelt, American Aviator.'" Stamp of U.S. Committee on Public Information on reverse. A second stamp on back reads: "A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Forces] Passed as Censored."

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918
Committee on Public Information, 1917–1919

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