Theodore Roosevelt was kept out of World War I by Woodrow Wilson, so he sent his sons instead.

Their fate, his own poor health, and watching from the sidelines while the President of the United States covered himself in glory had him down in the dumps. But the election of 1920 promised a good chance of his returning to the White House.

If only he could make it.

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