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Truman's turbulent presidency and post office life
The article chronicles Harry S. Truman’s rise from county judge to 33rd president, his wartime and postwar challenges, and his later years. It notes his role in halting communism abroad, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Korea, and Berlin. It also details his health decline, private life with Bess, and visits by presidents Nixon Johnson Eisenhower as well as Churchill’s praise.
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Truman Library
Bess
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White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Wartorn
U.S
Korea
South Korea
Berlin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Germany
Thomas E. Dewey
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Kansas City
France
129Th Field Artillery
35Th Infantry
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Tom Pendergast
Margaret
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Winston Churchill
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Harry S. Truman