Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I, and had a sustained interest in military aviation which affected funding in the 1930s and the preparations for WW II.

In the early aero period, he had a role as an organizer of the Pan-American Aeronautic Federation events starting at least as early as 1916.

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Names Franklin D. Roosevelt; FDR; President Roosevelt; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Countries US
Locations Washington, DC, Hyde Park, NY, Dutchess county, NY, New York
Occupations politician
Tech areas Military
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Affiliations U.S. Navy
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Wikidata id Q8007