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2 days ago · With Taft out of the race some Republican conservatives favored General MacArthur. However, MacArthur's chances were limited by the fact that he was leading Allied forces against Japan, and thus could not campaign for the nomination.
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1 day ago · Truman promptly urged the United Nations to intervene; it did, authorizing troops under the UN flag led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.
4 days ago · Truman, with UN sanction, sent U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur to South Korea to repel the invasion. News • Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons • Oct. 11, 2024, 2:31 PM ET (AP) ...
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- Harry S. Truman served as the 33rd president of the United States from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953.
- Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president of the United States on April 12, 1945, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
- Harry S. Truman authorized the development of the hydrogen bomb in 1950 to maintain an arms lead over the Soviet Union. By the end of the decade, t...
- Harry S. Truman reportedly responded, “By God, I'm going to let them [North Korea] have it!” He did not ask Congress for a declaration of war and w...
2 days ago · During the Korean War, when Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur, McCarthy charged that Truman and his advisors must have planned the dismissal during late-night sessions when "they've had time to get the President cheerful" on bourbon and Bénédictine. McCarthy declared, "The son of a bitch should be impeached."
4 days ago · Just one of the proxy wars, the Korean War (See Truman and Macarthur), took the lives of more than 1.2 million combatants (including 36,574 Americans), yet the three-year war ended precisely where it started, with a communist regime north of the 38 th parallel on the Korean peninsula.
3 days ago · Japan - Post-WWII, Economy, Culture: From 1945 to 1952 Japan was under Allied military occupation, headed by the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers (SCAP), a position held by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur until 1951.
4 days ago · Witness Douglas MacArthur offering surrender terms to imperial Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri On the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, Gen. Douglas MacArthur inviting representatives of Japan to sign the terms of surrender that would formally end World War II.
