# James Roosevelt
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james roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II.
== Early life ==
Roosevelt was born in New York City at 123 East 36th Street.
Ep. 133 Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
Author Charlotte Gray, our guest this week, is a Canadian born in Great Britain who now lives in a suburb of Ottawa. Her book "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons" is about Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt. The former Jennie Jerome was born in the United States and was the mother o...
BN: Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
Author Charlotte Gray, our guest this week, is a Canadian born in Great Britain who now lives in a suburb of Ottawa. Her book "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons" is about Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt. The former Jennie Jerome was born in the United States and was the mother o...
East Village rental project suggests how developers leverage 'taxpayer buildings'
To passers-by, a building that’s considerably shorter than the ones around it may be little more than a curious feature of a streetscape.
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Frank Wright - (Iwo Jima Marine Raider Veteran's story of combat, bayonets and mental health) - Episode 561
Frank Wright was one of the original Marine Raiders who fought on both Guam and Iwo Jima in WWII. We discuss his journey into the Marines, special forces selection, hand to hand combat, facing banzai attacks, his powerful mental health story, writing his book and so much more.
I fought like mad a...
Social Insecurity
It’s not the first time that Republicans have threatened to dismantle Social Security— the cornerstone program that has provided reliable financial security to American workers for nearly a century. Now, Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has its eyes set on the third rail of American po...
#118 – Red Scare Part 4
The Red Scare continues. In 1939, Martin Dies Jr claimed that the Justice Department was investigating 2,850 known communists in government and that FDR had ordered a purge of all those named. But it was all a disinformation campaign launched by Hoover. The President hadn’t ordered a purge – but ...
Episode #312: Franklin Roosevelt #1: Youth, School, and Marriage (1882-1905)
Franklin Roosevelt #1: Youth, School, and Marriage (1882-1905); Topics covered include: Parents (including relationship with), youth, Groton, Harvard, relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, engagement, and marriage
Key people include: Isaac Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Rebecca (Howland) Roosevelt, ...
Episode #315: Franklin Roosevelt #4: Marriage Evolution & First National Campaign (1916-1920)
Franklin Roosevelt #4: Marriage Evolution & First National Campaign (1916-1920); Topics covered include: Children with Eleanor, end of marital relations, marriage transitions to more of a partnership, affair with Lucy Mercer, end of World War I, demobilization in Europe, election of 1920, Democra...
Episode #338: Harry Truman #11: Dewey Defeats Truman? Stop the Presses! (1948)
Harry Truman #11: Dewey Defeats Truman? Stop the Presses! (1948); Topics covered include: Election of 1948, Democratic nomination, Whistle Stop Tour, other candidates (Tom Dewey, Strom Thurmond, and Henry Wallace), predictions for Truman's defeat, and victory at the polls
Key people include: Jam...
Frank Wright (The First Marine Raiders, Iwo Jima and PTSD in the WWII Generation) - Episode 561
Frank Wright was one of the original Marine Raiders who fought on both Guam and Iwo Jima in WWII. We discuss his journey into the Marines, special forces selection, hand to hand combat, facing banzai attacks, his powerful mental health story, writing his book and so much more.
"I fought like mad ...
