Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
Democrat
April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953
Truman was Vice President when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office before the end of WWII in 1945. A veteran, he served in the Army during World War I in Europe as a Captain in the field artillery.
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3 August 1945, President Truman warns Japan of dire consequences for rejecting the Potsdam terms of surrender. |
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6 August 1945, President Truman announces the use of the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima, Japan to the American public. |
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2 September 1945, President Truman's radio announcement to the American people on the signing of the surrender documents on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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11 April 1951, President Truman announces he is relieving GEN Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War. |