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Harry Felipe Besosa (1881-1947) —
also known as Harry F. Besosa —
of Santurce, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 24,
1881.
Son of Manuel Besosa (1832-1898) and Fruta (Melero) Besosa.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Puerto
Rico senate, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Puerto Rico, 1928;
member of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1928-32; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1932-33.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died October
22, 1947 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Cementerio
de Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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John Longdon Gay (b. 1866) —
also known as John L. Gay —
Born in Pizgah, Cooper
County, Mo., June 23,
1866.
Son of Thomas C. Gay and Mary Ann (Hill) Gay.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1928-31.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; American Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944) —
of Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
13, 1887.
Son of Theodore
Roosevelt and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt (1861-1948).
Republican. Farmer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1920-21; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929-32; general in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Member, American Legion.
Principal founder of the American Legion in 1919.
Participated in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on D-Day, June
6, 1944, and received a posthumous Medal
of Honor for his actions that day; died
a month later, of exhaustion and heart
failure, in Normandy, France,
July
12, 1944 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Normandy
American Cemetery, Collevelle-sur-Mer, France.
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