Theodore Roosevelt Jr. didn’t just carry his father’s famous name ashore on D-Day—he carried the fight, a cane, and the kind ...

Theodore Jr. was the president ... boys off the deadly sands of Utah Beach and into the heart of Hitler’s National Socialist Germany. Brig. Gen. Roosevelt was 56 years old.

A public event to honor D-Day will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the Memorial Park Pavilions at 313 Hancock Ave.