Son of a Former President the Only General and Oldest to Storm Ashore In the First Wave D- Day: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

From Newsweek.

Among those  who landed at Normandy that day  were Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the former president Theodore Roosevelt.

Also coming ashore was his son, Captain Quentin Roosevelt II.

At 56 years old, Theodore Roosevelt  was the oldest soldier and only general  in the first wave.  he and his son Quentin were also the only father-son pair in that wave.