Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. purportedly declared as his Higgins landing craft drifted about a mile from its target destination on Utah Beach the morning of June 6, 1944. At the age of 56 ...

Of interest: Then-President Teddy Roosevelt's eldest son, Theodore Jr., led the invasion at Utah beach. What happened: The ocean currents pushed the troops about 2,000 yards from where they'd ...