[Terriergal]

My first thought was the cry was a little unbecoming a Marine.

Oh, NO! It would be unbecoming only if he had been crying about something stupid. Big tough fighting men have soft hearts too when they are supposed to.

[lainie]

I'm with ya.

[3catsanadog]

Whatever you think of FDR, I do remember a pic of a black soldier in a uniform playing an accordian (I think) at a service when Roosevelt died, with tears streaming down his face.