May 8 in American History
Born in Missouri, Truman was a failed haberdasher and the last president without a college degree — a plainspoken man who became president on FDR's death and had to decide whether to drop the atomic bomb, rebuild Europe, and confront the Soviet Union. "The buck stops here," read the sign on his desk. He owned his decisions.
In 1884: Harry Truman is born. Born in Missouri, Truman was a failed haberdasher and the last president without a college degree — a plainspoken man who became president on FDR's death and had to decide whether to drop the atomic bomb, rebuild Europe, and confront the Soviet Union.
Born in Missouri, Truman was a failed haberdasher and the last president without a college degree — a plainspoken man who became president on FDR's death and had to decide whether to drop the atomic bomb, rebuild Europe, and confront the Soviet Union. "The buck stops here," read the sign on his desk. He owned his decisions.
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