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Here's two I find worthy of admiration: James Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Instead of using their famous names to seek easy assignments they both sought combat.
Jimmy Roosevelt was Evans Carlson's XO in the 2nd Raider Battalion during the Makin Raid. Some of the USMC brass were nervous about letting him go on the raid but FDR threatened to cancel the raid by executive order if his son was not allowed to go into harm's way.
Teddy Jr. was ADC of the 4th ID and insisted on being in the lead assault wave at Utah beach. When the landing craft put them more than a mile off their objective on the wrong beach, Roosevelt reportedly said "We'll start the war from right here!"
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"Aim small, miss small." - Benjamin Martin in The Patriot
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