he had polio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President from 1933-1945, serving four terms two of which were during World War 2. The biggest hardship that he had to face was being diagnosed with Polio.
President Woodrow Wilson was the president during World War 1. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president during World War 2 until he died near the end of the war. President Harry S. Truman was president through the end of the war and during the Korean War.
President Woodrow Wilson declared war on German in World War 1 and was in office during the war.
(World War 2 1939-1945) In this time period, there was an epidemic of influenza from 1940-1941 in the United States. Also, there was an outbreak of polio immediately after the war, from about 1945-1949.
The present president during the time of world war 2 is Manuel Quezon.
President Roosevelt was the president during World War 2. He did not live to see the end of the war however. Vice President Truman became the President and he was president when the war ended and during the Korean War.
The President during World War 1 was WoodRow Wilson
Roosevelt was the president during World War II, so in that sense he served his country. If you mean in the sense of military service, he did not. Roosevelt had polio, which would have made him unfit for military service as he spent most of his time in a wheelchair. He was also, as the president, the civilian commander in chief of the military and therefore unable to serve.
Before World War II, Eisenhower was struck with Polio and paralyzed from the waist down.
The president during the Great Depression and World War 2 was Franklin Roosevelt.
Woodrow Wilson was the President of the US during the first world war.