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arbivark t1_j0o7wml wrote

Reply to comment by Satvahana in TIL Teddy Roosevelt's 2nd son Kermit Roosevelt joined his father's Amazon expedition and had a river named after him, resigned from US Army in 1917 to join the British Forces to fight in WWI. To join the first fight in Finland/Norway, he took help of Churchill to secure a commission in British Army. by Satvahana

"he had founded (a) few businesses." I'm pretty sure one of these was a partnership with joe kennedy during/after prohibition to import "medicinal" alcohol from britain such as gin, maybe beefeater gin, no gordon's.

kennedy was a crook and a gangster, although it is a myth that he made most of his money from bootlegging; he made most of his money by robbing banks by insider trading, real estate deals, stock swindles, and later rko, which he obtained in part by blackmailing a theater chain owner with a fake rape charge. kennedy used rooseveldt as a partner to make it more likely authorities would look the other way, which they did. source: some book i read years ago. edit: i think i had the wrong president's son, never mind.

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Z07O t1_j0o8dhc wrote

Source - trust me bro

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arbivark t1_j0o923y wrote

about 15 years ago i had 50 books on the kennedys when i was researching a possible book on lbj that i never wrote. i do not remember which book discussed kermit, and i probably dont still have it. edit shortly. oh i was going to use https://time.com/3529756/kennedy-churchill-roosevelt-investment-deal/ as a source but it wants you to sign up to read it, pass. edit: i was probably thinking of james roosevelt instead.

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Satvahana OP t1_j0okf4z wrote

The two businesses that find mention are:

Roosevelt Steamship Company, & United State Lines

Edit: I am not sure how or if the connection exists. FDR and JPK's connection are known. FDR's son James helped Joseph start the liquor business after prohibition. I'll try to find about from the other branch of Roosevelt family's connections. Not certain as of now.

The relationship between Roosevelt and Kennedys does go long back, especially since Joseph and FDR knew each other from WWI times and then later, Joe Kennedy supported FDR politically and financially during his Hollywood success.

United States Lines

The Roosevelts and The Kennedys

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arbivark t1_j0ops6d wrote

it is entirely possible i was thinking of james and not kermit. kermit is one of those names that sticks in your memory, in a way that james does not. thanks.

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