1945-1953 2 Terms Democratic Assumed office upon death of Roosevelt 1948 Election Opponents: Thomas E. Dewey Strom Thurmond Henry A. Wallace

Manhattan Project The Potsdam Declaration Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Surrender of Japan Truman Doctrine National Security Act of 1947 Fair Deal Housing Act of 1949 State of Israel Berlin Airlift Hydrogen Bomb McCarthyism Korean War NSC-68 Assasination Attempt Steel Strike of 1952 Executive Order 9835 Committe on Civil Rights

• Truman and his wife Bess were the recipients of the first two Medicare Cards presented to them by Lyndon B. Johnson at the Truman Library. • Truman was chosen TIME Magazine's Person of the Year in 1945 and 1948. • Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman (The initial "S." did not stand for anything) Born May 8, 1884 Larmar, Missouri Died December 26, 1972 Kansas City, Missouri College: None Spouse: Bess Wallace Truman