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2 days ago · Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been vice president for only 82 days when he succeeded to the presidency.
1 day ago · Seventy-four years ago today, Harry Truman's hopes of spending a relaxing weekend at his home in Independence, Missouri, were dashed by events halfway around the globe. The 33rd U.S. president planned to oversee fence-building on his family farm, order a new roof for the barn, and attend Sunday services at his local church.
1 day ago · President Truman began hatching another big idea: to drive the nation forward, government needed to work efficiently and for the betterment of its citizens. On July 1, 1949, Truman’s vision was fulfilled with the creation of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), just in time to manage the massive renovation of a crumbling White House.
5 days ago · Oppenheimer is filled with nuanced moments, filled with insinuation, as people talk carefully about life and death. But one blunt talker is President Harry S. Truman, played by Gary Oldman, who mocks Cillian Murphy’s J Robert Oppenheimer as a “cry baby.”.
2 days ago · President Harry S. Truman stands on the bay of the Arnold Air Force Base warehouse, the first building constructed on the Tennessee-based installation, delivering his dedication of Arnold Engineering Development Center, June 25, 1951. Truman spoke of AEDC scientists studying what lied on the other side of the speed of sound.
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1 day ago · United States - Red Scare, McCarthyism, Cold War: Truman’s last years in office were marred by charges that his administration was lax about, or even condoned, subversion and disloyalty and that communists, called “reds,” had infiltrated the government.
2 days ago · This book is the fifth volume in Truman State University’s Truman Legacy series, which has previously examined national security, civil rights, Israel and the Middle East, Native Americans, and immigration topics. In the opening preface and introduction Brooks sets the tone for some of the essays that follow.
