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As a conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt was a major figure in American history. In the North Dakota badlands, where many of his personal concerns first gave rise to his later environmental efforts, Roosevelt is remembered with a national park that bears his name and honors the memory of this great conservationist.
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Theodore Roosevelt was a naval enthusiast who urged the United States to build a strong navy. He believed that the U.S could eventually be pulled into war in the Pacific Ocean with the Japanese and urged readiness. Roosevelt ordered what came to be called the Great White Fleet (due to its gleaming white paint) on an around-the-world goodwill cruise, including a prominent stop in Japan. Roosevelt hoped to ease Japanese-American tensions and to show the Japanese leadership, as well as the rest of the world, the global reach of the United States' military might. The Great White Fleet returned to the U.S. in 1909, and Roosevelt had the pleasure of reviewing the Fleet just before leaving office.
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Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt had a bear. John Quincy Adams kept an alligator. James Buchanan had an elephant. Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Harrison kept an opossum hanging around. Calvin Coolidge had a hippo, lion and antelope. Martin Van Buren had a tiger.
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Theodore Roosevelt has 676 pages and is illustrated with fifty-eight historic photographs, cartoons, and drawings. It includes an index and listing of Theodore Roosevelt public sites and collections. Published by Heart of the Lakes Publishing under the auspices of Hofstra University, the hardcover book which has an attractive dust jacket is $55 (ISBN 1-55787-085 3; LC 92-22029).
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Theodore Roosevelt ordered a charge and took off after the Spaniards on adjacent San Juan Hill. Unbeknownst to him, only five men followed him, and three of them fell wounded within a hundred yards. The remaining two held the ground while an angry Roosevelt returned to the main line through the continuing fire and confronted his men for not following. In the intense activity of the moment, the troops had not heard the order nor seen their leader charging the enemy almost single-handedly. Now the charge became general. The Spanish trenches were cleared and the Americans began a tenuous hold on San Juan and Kettle Hills.
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In November 1993, Theodore Roosevelt entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a Selected Restricted Availability (SRA). Heading back to sea on Apr. 14, 1994, she was the first nuclear carrier to complete an SRA ahead of schedule at the shipyard. Awards for 1993 continued when she received the CINCLANTFLT Golden Anchor Award for the best retention in an Atlantic Fleet carrier. On Mar. 10, 1994, TR [R]eceived its third Battle "E." Then on June 3, Theodore Roosevelt was awarded its second Battenburg Cup as the best ship in the Atlantic Fleet.
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