USS Harry Truman (CVN 75) - Naval Cruise Book

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we . I if Q ,V 5 Q. . 1 . just a few blocks from his home in Independence. On the day aiiper Christmas, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1972, Harry S. -Truman passed away ata hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at 88. Among the tributes to Truman, one was by Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis, who Wrote, 'cHe was a man of great strength of character and dedication, and with those qualities he combined an uncommon amount of common sense. He had a fine instinct to sense the right decision. He made sound judgments and carried them out with courage. . in i ii - 4 iid.. I ' A K 3 i 'kt ps, A x 5 a fs 3' A . .Q X is Q N 'il it fb UT-GF 16? 'H W 5' ji fi? A Iss H1 W1-gf ' f 4 ,-f 1 .451 x xl X 'pb '17 ,X p

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Truman embarked on a 21,928- mile whistle stop railtour., He. delivered more than 300 speeches in 33 days to an estimated six million citizens. No president before had gone to such lengths to meet the people. He spoke plainly and largely Hoff the cufff' assailing his old enemies, uthe do nothing 800' Congress. In Seattle, Truman was holding an enthusiastic campaign rally when someone cried, 'GGive 'em Hell, Harryln Truman later wrote, 'fl have never deliberately given anybody hell. I just tell the truth on the opposition and they think itis hell. ' Truman was elected president in his own right, contrary to the forecasts of newspapers and poll takers, who had almost unanimously predicted his overwhelming defeat. He pulled off the most celebrated upset in American political history. NATO One of Truman's first acts during his second term was the signing of the North Atlantic Pact on April 4, 1949. The United States, Canada, and 10 Western European countries signed this defense pact which said, in effect, that an attack on one member would be seen as an attack on all members. In addressing Congress, . President Truman announced that our faith and our strength 3' unmistakably clear T to the world. He n considered NATO one of the greatest achievements of his administration, ranking in importance only with the Marshall Plan. must be made i Trouble in Korea On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 389 I parallel into South Korea. Truman met with his new secretary A of state Dean Acheson to discuss sending ' A troops intoanother conflict. The next mme Congresslonal healmgs dayfa UN' fmce under the Charge of and historical analysis vindicated General Douglas MacArthur was sent in to aid South Korean -forces. in repellmg Courage In Stlckmg by hls bchefs the Communist forces. At first, things went badly for the South Korean troops, but aggressive tactical moves by 5011125 Home MacArthur aided. in pushing the North Koreans back into their own territory Truman made the 0160151011 that Truman flew to Wake Island in the Pacific to discuss strategies with he Was responslble for the Confhct MacArthur. He made it clear that he wanted the conflict resolved as quickly behmd the Demwratlc Candldate as possible. MacArthur promised the president athe boys Wm be home by against retired general Dwight D - r s t Chmtmasf, Eisenhower Eisenhowe wep A Ho es of a quick end to the conflict as 6 P P were dashed when China entered the States OH Jan 20 1953 Shortgh war in October. General MacArthur after the Ceremony Truman an 15 made nolsecret of his differences with the administration on restrictions placed on him in conducting the war. Truman Retlfement Years saw this as a test of his authority as ommander in chief He relieved In the nearly two decades after c - - - . . , , MacArthur of Commgmdywhjlesthe he left office Truman devoted decision was an unpopular due at the much of his t1me to the founding U V ' P T g I V It 5 - . of the Harry S Truman Library

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