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Harry S Truman
- President of the United States of America
- 1945 - 1953
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The early years
- Born May 8, 1884 in Missouri
- The S is not an abbreviation
- Humble beginnings
- Farmer for 12 years and haberdasher
- Did not attend college
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The later years
- Fought in France during WWI
- Married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
- Elected judge of Jackson County Court (1922)
- Elected Senator (1934)
- Senate war committee
- President April 12, 1945
- Died December 26, 1972
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Gaining the Presidency
- Was not elected to first term
- Vice President for 82 days
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Suffered massive stroke
- Passed April 12, 1945
- Truman sworn in as President same day
- Elected to second term in 1948
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Presidential Achievements
- Ratified United Nations Charter
- First armed defense in Korea
- First use of atomic bomb
- Hiroshima August 6, 1945
- Nagasaki August 9, 1945
- V-J Day August 14, 1945
- Ending WWII
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Presidential Achievements
- 21 Point Program
- Fair Employment Practices Act
- Social Security expansion
- The Marshall Plan
- Economic recovery in
- Western Europe
- The Truman Doctrine
- Give aid to Greece and Turkey
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The Legacy of Harry S Truman
- Former Presidents Act
- 25,000 yearly pension
- Influenced by his poor financial standing
- Medicare Lyndon B. Johnson
- Received first two cards with wife Bess
- The Truman Library
- First Presidential library
- USS Harry Truman
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Resources
- http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.
html - http//www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?
id433rr - http//www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html
- http//www.navybuddies.com/cvn/cvn75.html
- By David Smith
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