WWI: Bauling Church Argonne Forest & Quentin Roosevelt Grave-1924 Print

Description: British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph Grave of Q. Roosevelt in Germany in WWI and Little Church at Bauling in Argonne Forest A 1924 Encyclopedic Print Top: Church where too many German & Ally soldiers fought hand-to-hand combat to their deaths. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.Bottom: 1 LT Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest child of the 26th US President Theodore Roosevelt and his wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. At age three his father, as the US Vice President, ascended the White House upon the death of President William McKinley. In 1915 he was admitted to Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts and by his sophomore year, he was showing promise as a writer. In August 1915 he attended a military summer camp at Plattsburg, New York designed to provide military training for business and professional men at their own expense. When the US entered World War I in April 1917 he dropped out of Harvard at his father's encouragement and joined the newly formed 1st Reserve Aero Squadron and trained on Long Island, New York. He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant and sent to France in 1918 and first helped in setting up the large Air Service training base at Issoudun. He was a supply officer and later ran one of the training airfields. Eventually he became a pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron, part of the 1st Pursuit Group and was posted to Touquin, France. He was extremely popular with his fellow pilots and known for his daring exploits while piloting his aircraft to the point of being reckless. On July 9, 1918 his unit was posted to Saints, France and he claimed a German fighter shot down the following day. He died three days later at the age of 20 when his aircraft was shot down in aerial combat over enemy lines in Chamery, France and was interred by the German military with full battlefield honors. When his grave came under Allied control, it became a shrine and was visited by thousands of American soldiers. In 1955 his remains were exhumed and re-interred at the World War II American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, next to his oldest brother Theodore, who became a US Army brigadier general during World War II and died of a heart attack shortly after participating in the Allied invasion at Normandy, France. The German-made basswood cross that marked his original grave-site is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He was posthumously awarded an A.B. Degree by the Harvard University Class of 1919.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Related/Unrelated Text on Reverse Published by Mutual Publishing Company, Kansas City, MO, Full Print Size: 8" X 10" Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest) Minor age and handling on this piece of history - smudge at bottom margin << Click Here to See Other Prints >> Important: P/H is combined on multiple items that can be mailed together. BUT, with the new Ebay shopping cart, you must wait for combined invoice. The Fine Print International buyers are responsible for all import fees and taxes. Shipping costs: My shipping costs are calculated on three factors - getting your item to you as quickly as possible, as cost effectively as possible, and as safely as possible. I pride myself in providing optimal protection. I use First Class or Priority Mail on most small items; Parcel Post on larger items; and Media Mail on books and magazines. You may request expedited shipment if you are willing to pay costs. P/H is combined on multiple prints mailed at the same time. Please make your purchases from my auctions or store. I will send a combined invoice reflecting your savings. The Nature of Prints & Engravings: It was not until the 20th century that prints were commonly produced for the print itself. Prior to this, virtually all prints (and engravings) were produced as illustrations to be included in a manuscript, book, newspaper, or pamphlet. Therefore, a vast majority of original prints have been over the years removed from these original sources. Prints are produced using many different techniques: relief printing (woodcut & wood engraving), intaglio printing (steel & copper plate engraving, drypoint, aquatint, etc), and planographic printing (lithography, serigraphy, inkjet, laser, etc.). While the commercial value of a print depends on such factors as age, rarity, and condition, the real value of a print is its tie to its history and/or its esthetic beauty. History-On-Paper Item #918-BUC973

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