Vincennes Posted March 22, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 22, 2020 Some time back I bought a small collection of 8 2"x4" snapshots of American WW1 cemeteries in France with notes written on the back of unused checks from Longton, Kansas. There is no name or date on the collection, but the unused checks have the printed date of 193_. The photographed cemeteries are at Oise Aisne, Quentin Roosevelt's grave and Belleau Woods. There is no comments on the 1 Belleau Woods photo and duplicate photos of one of the Oise Aisne shots. Below I reproduce the 3 Oise Aisne photos and the photographers comments, followed by the 3 Quentin Roosevelt photos with the comments. Paul "Memorial Chapel in Oise Aisne Cemetery. These endured all and gave allthat honor and justice mightprevail and that the world mightenjoy freedom and inherit peace------------------------------------------Inscription on marble cross of unknown soldier Here rests in honored glory an Americansoldier known but to God----- ----- ----- -----10% buried in France - 68% to USA------------------------------------------On hill Chateau Thereny - 1st - 2d - 3d + 26thDiv. - 1st Corps -28th - 32d - 42d + 77th-93d of 3d Corps---------------------------------------------Mercy farm to Right andback of this Bld is where42d Division (Rainbow) sufferedtheir severe loss" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincennes Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted March 22, 2020 Here is the Roosevelt comments and photos. Paul "Lieut Quentin RooseveltAEFAF - XX Air Service(Age 20)Fell in Battle Chenery July 14 -MCMXVIII - (1918)--------------------------------------------Only those are fit to livewho are not afraid to die(Theodore Roosevelt)----------------------------------------------Lieut Quentin Roosevelt (On his Monument)Born Nov 19 - 1899Fell July 14 - 1918---------------------------------------------He has outsoared theShadow of our Night-------------------------------------------12 steps diagonally from my left isa marble slab marking exact spotwhere he fell + on it ;Placed in memory of Lt. Quintin Rooseveltby Quintin Roosevelt Post No. 1, Deptof Mo - St. Louis Mo - the first Postorganized in the American Legion -" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted March 22, 2020 Share #3 Posted March 22, 2020 I am thinking Quentin is now buried next to BG Teddy Roosevelt Jr. at the Normandy-American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. We tried to find the Quentin Roosevelt cenotaph out in the Champagne country, but ran out of time and had to move on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 23, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 23, 2020 Hello I thought you might be interested in this. These are pictures of AEF Cemetary Number 86. Also a link to a previous post I made on Number 86. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/323461-american-cemetery-number-86/?hl=%2Bww1+%2Bcemetary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Rooster Posted March 23, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 23, 2020 Charles Robertson was a friend of my Grandfather. I think the link above has the total number of AEF graveyards. Before they were moved and consolidated. I believe its over 100 seperate graveyards. These photos were taken about 1920 and come from one of my grandfathers photo albums.. Notice all the crosses are made of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 23, 2020 Share #10 Posted March 23, 2020 And where is the grave of Quentin Roosevelt now? His remains still lie in France, though in 1955, they were moved to be with his brother Theodore, Jr., a World War II casualty, in Normandy American Cemetery. The original German cross is at the , in Dayton, Ohio. The National Air and Space Museum collection includes a cartridge and a bullet originally given to Mother Tusch "from the belt of Quintin [sic] Roosevelt's machine gun after his crash." https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/grave-quentin-roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 23, 2020 Share #11 Posted March 23, 2020 AustinO MembersMember ID: 5,941 2,379 posts Gender:Male Location:Mpls, MN Posted 12 February 2019 - 09:30 PM Coincidentally, I was just (a moment ago) researching a KIA fellow and was looking for his temporary cemetery (his plot isn't indexed unfortunately, he's currently in the M-A Cemetery though). Per NARA, Cemetery #86 was located at Mesves, Nievre, France (which is SSE of Paris right on the Loire River). There were 1,637 numbered temporary AEF Cemeteries (many are letter sequenced after the numbers, and some only had one AEF burial). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow 1986 Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12 Posted March 24, 2020 Thank you Vincennes and Rooster for sharing these amazing artifacts. Regarding the quote/epitaph for Quentin Roosevelt - "He has outsoared the Shadow of our Night"... ...I have no idea who wrote that, but they were gifted beyond genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow 1986 Posted March 24, 2020 Share #13 Posted March 24, 2020 Took the two seconds to Google ""He has outsoared the Shadow of our Night." It's Shelly.... ...so, yeah, gifted beyond genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 25, 2020 Share #14 Posted March 25, 2020 I'm sure probably most have seen it, but there is a photograph the Germans took of Mr, Roosevelt lying next to his crashed plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 25, 2020 Share #15 Posted March 25, 2020 Here is a link to the photo of Quentin Roosevelt lying dead next to his crashed aircraft. They buried him on the spot. I wont put the picture on here so as not to offend sensative viewers because its well.... He crashed a plane...... Nuff Said. https://www.flickr.com/photos/drakegoodman/34117125516 And heres a good article https://www.army.mil/article/208225/ny_national_guardsman_quentin_roosevelt_son_of_a_president_was_famous_ww_i_casualty And attached is a picture of the original grave. Very humble with parts of the plane. At his funeral after the Americans took back the territory containing his grave. New York National Guard Chaplain (Cpt.) Father Francis P. Duffy, the chaplain of New York's famed "Fighting 69th" reads a service as a cross is placed on the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt in August 1918. Duffy's commander, Col. Robert McCoy, had bee... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 25, 2020 Share #16 Posted March 25, 2020 2 The picture in post # 6 above I believe now to be located where the huge AEF hospital was between Bulcy and Mesves Thanks to Austin O for figuring it out. AustinO MembersMember ID: 5,941 2,381 posts Gender:Male Location:Mpls, MN Posted 13 February 2019 - 05:51 PM Possible, but it could also just be the commune's regular cemetery - they would have had one too. I think the only way to be sure would be to pull the cemetery plans from College Park: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/642000 Mesves had 9 different Base and Unit Hospitals called "Mesves Hospital Center" located between Mesves and Bulcy (right off the rail line, with about 20 thousand beds combined), so only makes sense that they would have a fairly large cemetery nearby (by March of 1919 there were 650 total burials in #86). I honestly think that this may be the remains of #86's walls: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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