The eldest, Joe Jr., had graduated from West Point in 1895 and served as his father's Aide-de-Camp during the fighting in Cuba, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring.
The younger son, Tom, was a naval cadet who served on his father's staff in Cuba and then journeyed with the Army to Montauk Point, Long Island, where the soldiers were quarantined because of Yellow Fever and Malaria. While staying at Montauk Point, Tom attempted to save the life of a comrade who was drowning in the Atlantic and ended up losing his own life.
As an interesting aside, Annie, one of General Wheeler's daughters, served as a nurse in support of the Army in Cuba.
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also, i wonder WHY "Tom" was listed as a "cadet aide-de-camp in West Point gray"???? (i would NOT think that a "naval cadet" would havve done so.)
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