The Roosevelts are not the only family to have given four sons to the
cause of their country, and those other sons have fought as bravely as
Archibald and Theodore and Kermit, and died as daringly as Quentin. It
isn’t, then, because the sacrifices of the Roosevelts are unique that
they have become so dear to the hearts of Americans. The Roosevelts
would be the first to decry any attempt to single out their deeds as
any nobler than the deeds of their millions of comrades in arms. It
seems only fair, however, to the traditions of our democracy that
having recounted so many exploits by heroes who before the war were not
known outside their little towns, we should include a few of the many,
many names which proved that connection with more noted families did
not make them any slower to welcome the dangers which war brought alike
to rich and poor.