Elliott Roosevelt in his Air Force uniform

Elliott Roosevelt (September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990), was a World War II hero and an author. He was also the son of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Image File history File links Elliott_Roosevelt. ... Image File history File links Elliott_Roosevelt. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as civil rights. ...

Early life

Elliott Roosevelt was the fourth of Franklin and Eleanor's six children, their third child having died in infancy about a year before Elliott's birth. He was named for his grandfather Elliott Roosevelt and for his mother. His siblings who reached adulthood were Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Sara Delano Roosevelt, Elliott's grandmother, hired her grandchildren's nannies, interfered with their raising, and told both Eleanor and the children that Eleanor was "only the one who bore you: I am your real mother." Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (February 28, 1860- August 14, 1894) was the father of Anna E. Roosevelt and the brother of Theodore Roosevelt. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975) was the first child of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) and his son James Roosevelt (1907-1991) in 1934. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Aspinwall Roosevelt (born Washington DC March 13, 1916 - died New York City April 27, 1981) was the 6th and last child of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. ... ...

Elliott Roosevelt was a bombardier in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. He flew a P-38 Lightning in the North African campaign of November 1942. He attained the rank of Brigadier General in 1945, causing some controversy as virtually all others who had made general in the Army Air Corps were pilots. The crews of bomber aircraft, historically, included a bombardier, as they were known in the United States, or a bomb aimer, as they were known in other countries, who was responsible for targetting the planes munitions. ... The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was a part of the U.S. Army during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most important American fighters of the Second World War. ... During World War II, the North African Campaign, also known as the Desert War, took place in the North African desert from September 13, 1940 to May 13, 1943. ...

During World War II, he accompanied FDR as a Military attaché to the Casablanca meeting and the subsequent Cairo and Tehran Conferences. At the Tehran Conference, Elliott Roosevelt, apparently under the influence of alcohol, sided with his father in approving of large-scale executions of German POWs by the Soviets. (Montefiore 469-70). Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... FDR may refer to: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - The 32nd President of the United States, Flight data recorder - device used to record aircraft and pilot behavior in order to analyze accidents (usually called black boxes by the news media). ... A military attaché is a military expert who is part of a diplomatic mission. ... President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. ... Chiang, Roosevelt, and Churchill in Cairo, 11/25/1943 The Cairo Conference of November 22-26, 1943, held in Cairo, Egypt, addressed the Allied position against Japan during World War II and made decisions about postwar Asia. ... Left to right: General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom . ...

As an Army photo reconnaissance pilot, he and the men in his unit also played a key role in the D-Day landings. Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ...

The Secret Mission

Elliot Roosevelt was the P-38 pilot tailing Joseph P. Kennedy Jr when his plane exploded. This secret mission has been shrouded in mystery for over 60 years and the true story will probably never be known. Kennedy's plane was loaded with explosives and just before he was to bail out he removed the safety pin on the explosives and signaled OK. Any radio transmission by the planes following him would detonate the explosives. The plane exploded killing Kennedy and his co-pilot. The story goes on, German soldiers claim Kennedy and his co-pilot were captured and killed while trying to escape but Elliot Roosevelt claimed he was there and knew what happened. In 1940 Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. had angered both Churchill and President Roosevelt whith his anti-semitism and support for Hitler and was forced to resign. In 1944 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. had openly came out against the re-election of Elliot's father. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. needed to outdo his brother John's PT 109 heroics for his political ambitions after the war.

Later life

Elliott was involved in many different careers during his life, including a Texas radio station owner, a rancher, and for a term in the 1960s as the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida. As Elliott approached his 80th year of age, his final ambition was to "outlive James." However, Elliott Roosevelt died at the age 80 of congestive heart failure. His brother James Roosevelt survived Elliott by one year. Location in Miami-Dade and the state of Florida. ... Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) and his son James Roosevelt (1907-1991) in 1934. ...

Author and biographer

He was also the author of numerous books, including a bestselling mystery series in which his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, is the detective. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as civil rights. ...

Elliott described his experiences with his father during the war years in his book As He Saw It.

Together with James Brough, Elliott wrote a highly personal book about his parents called The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story where he reveals details about the sexual lives of his parents, including his father's unique relationships with two mistresses Lucy Mercer and Marguerite ("Missy") LeHand as well as graphic details surrounding the illness that crippled his father. The biography also contains valuable insights into Roosevelts's run for vice-president, rise to the governorship of New York, and his capture of the presidency in 1932, particularly with the help of Louis Howe. Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd,(April 26, 1891-July 31, 1948) born in Washington,D.C..She was rumored to be the mistress of Franklin Roosevelt. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936) was an intimate friend and political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...

Marriages

Elliott Roosevelt was married five times:

• On January 16, 1932 he married Elizabeth Browning Donner, daughter of William Henry Donner. They had one son, William Donner Roosevelt, in 1932. The marriage ended in divorce in 1933. She died in 1980.
• On July 22, 1933, in Burlington, Iowa, he married Ruth Josephine Googins. They had three children: Ruth Chandler Roosevelt (b. 1934), Elliott "Tony" Roosevelt Jr. (b. 1936), and David Boynton Roosevelt (b. 1942). Elliott and Ruth were divorced in March 1944. Ruth Googins Roosevelt Eidson died in 1974.
• On December 3, 1944, at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, he married actress Faye Emerson. They were divorced on January 17, 1950. She died of stomach cancer in 1983 in Spain.
• On March 15, 1951, at Miami Beach, Florida, he married Minnewa Bell Gray Burnside Ross. They were divorced in 1960. Minnewa died in 1983.
• On November 3, 1960, at Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, he married Patricia Peabody Whitehead. Her four children, James M. Whitehead, Ford Whitehead, Gretchen Whitehead and David Macauley Whitehead, all adopted Roosevelt as their surname. The couple's only child together, Livingston Delano Roosevelt, died in 1962 as an infant.

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References

• Roosevelt, Elliot and Brough, James: The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: an Untold Story (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973)
• Roosevelt, Elliott, As He Saw It, Greenwood Press, 1946.
• John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth, (New York: Devin-Adair, 1948)
• Short biography
• Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Court of the Red Tsar, Random House: 2003.

John T. Flynn John Thomas Flynn (October 25, 1882-1964) was a U.S. journalist. ...

External links

• The Secret Mission, Part 1
• The Secret Mission, Part 2
• List of Elliott Roosevelt's 22 mystery books