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 | | | President Theodore Roosevelt | | Military Service: | Army 1898 | | | Combat Service: | Spanish-American War |
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- In 1897 President William McKinley appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Formed the volunteer cavalry unit called the "Rough Riders
- Well known for the Rough Riders charge up Kettle Hill at Battle of San Juan Hill in 1898
- Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001 for action at the Battle of San Juan Hill
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