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    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...
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    Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party...
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    presidency of Harry S. Truman include: Final stages of World War II included the challenge of defeating Japan with minimal American casualties. Truman asked Moscow...
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    president, Harry S. Truman. On November 1, 1950, they attacked police and Secret Service to gain access to Blair House in Washington, D.C., where Truman was...
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    Alben W. Barkley (category Truman administration cabinet members)
    States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses...
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    Portrait of George Washington from Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Portrait of Simon Bolivar from Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Eisenhower, Dwight...
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    to storm the Blair House in a failed effort to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who supported the Puerto Rican government effort to draft a...
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    to five-star rank in December 1944. He served Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman, helping shape postwar foreign policy until he retired in 1949. Although...
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    (Republic of China), Hong Kong and Macau. In the U.S., the war was initially described by President Harry S. Truman as a "police action", as the United States...
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    Henry A. Wallace (category Truman administration cabinet members)
    defeated Wallace's bid for renomination, placing Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman on the Democratic ticket instead. In early 1945, Roosevelt appointed...
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