PRESIDENT+HARRY+S+TRUMAN

=Author: Frank G=

Introduction
===Harry S Truman was a very good president and wasn't a nvery well known president. Here are some things you might have heard about him like his biographical information ,education, significant contributions in office, and interresting facts about Truman.===

=Education=

===**Harry S Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884. He went to school in Idependence, Missouri, but after his education he farmed on his parents land. Truman's house was 20-by 28 foot and it was only 685 dollars. In 1917 after the United States entered the First World War he enlisted in the Army and was promoted to the rank of a Captain. Trumans dad died in 1914 but his mother got to see him succeed President Franklin D Roosevelt. His mom died in 1947, Truman's favorite hobbies were playing the piano and playing poker, Truman died on December 26,1972.**=== =Significant Contibutions in Office= = = ===Harry S Truman was educated in Independence, Missouri. During World War I, he served as a captain in France with the 129th Field Artillery. One of his early jobs was a haberdashery before studying law in Kansas City. He also worked as a county judge.===

=Interesting Facts about Harry S Truman=

===Harry S Truman had many significant contributions in office such as ending the war with Japan. He told the Air Force to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945. On March 12,1947 Tuman sent details to Congress which was kown as the Truman Doctrine. This was followed by the Marshall Plan, which was a proposal to give financial aid for European economic recovery. He was a defender of the Fair Employment Act and the Wagner Act. Truman opposed the Taft-Hartley Bill, which limited labor acts. Harry S Truman has some pretty interesting facts about him. He was born downstairs in his house. Also, Truman's middle name was just S.===

=Compare/Contrast=

===Harry S Truman and I have some similarities like I would have opposed te Taft-Hartley Bill. But there are some differences such a dropping atomic bombs which I would not have done. He didn't have any inspiration toward me because I wasnt alive.===

=Conclusion=

==Harry S Truman is not very well known but id some amazing things., like some biographical information, education, significant contribution in office, interestinng facts about Trumand and comparison of him and me.==

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