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Satvahana OP t1_j0okf4z wrote

Reply to comment by arbivark in TIL Teddy Roosevelt's 2nd son Kermit Roosevelt joined his father's Amazon expedition and had a river named after him, resigned from US Army in 1917 to join the British Forces to fight in WWI. To join the first fight in Finland/Norway, he took help of Churchill to secure a commission in British Army. by Satvahana

The two businesses that find mention are:

Roosevelt Steamship Company, & United State Lines

Edit: I am not sure how or if the connection exists. FDR and JPK's connection are known. FDR's son James helped Joseph start the liquor business after prohibition. I'll try to find about from the other branch of Roosevelt family's connections. Not certain as of now.

The relationship between Roosevelt and Kennedys does go long back, especially since Joseph and FDR knew each other from WWI times and then later, Joe Kennedy supported FDR politically and financially during his Hollywood success.

United States Lines

The Roosevelts and The Kennedys

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arbivark t1_j0ops6d wrote

it is entirely possible i was thinking of james and not kermit. kermit is one of those names that sticks in your memory, in a way that james does not. thanks.

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