the guy who has to make the call as this man, kadir general ted roosevelt.ually sort of■% attachd as this supernumerary general officer present, and he has convinced general barton to let him go in with the initial wave. roosevelt has seen a lot of combat, fought in world war i. he had been heavily wounded. his leg was still damaged. that's why he had a cane. he had served in the mediterranean theater. ted roosevelt comes in with the initial wave, and he and the eighth infantry commander who had a great career ahead of him, basically make this difficult call to reroute everything to let madeline -- to la madeleine. roosevelt makes that call d-day, leading, planning, organizing, and remember, utah beach is under very dangerous artillery fire much of the day in addition opposition you are facing. roosevelt plays a key role in the utah beach landing. he, ofbr course, w deserved med, and he will get a division command of his own, but unfortunately, it is about a month later. he is supposed to take command, he dies of a heart attack. he was all of a think to seve

okay, so ted roosevelt comes in with initial waves and he in tandem with colonel james van fleet, eighthommanr, who had a great career ahead of him basically make this difficult call to reroute to la madeleine because there's onlyne causeway they've got right at that point so they risk being choke pointed versus going back up to where the original landings are and all that chaos. so it's going to be tough no matter which way you go. roosevelt that call and then he enforces it. and so he's all over the place on d-day, you know, leading planning, organizing. and remember utah beach is under artillery fire, very dangerous artillery fire much of the day, in addition to the opposition you're facing. so roosevelt plays an absolute key role in the success of utah beach landings. he, of course, will get the medal of honor very richly deserve medal of honor and he'll get a division command of his own. but unfortunately, it's about a month later and, the night before he's supposed to take command, he of a heart attack. he was all of, i think, 57 years old at that point, 17 under vehicles, 20,000 t