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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Missouri]]an who served as [[President of the United States]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Missouri]]an who served as [[President of the United States]]. | ||
[[The Doctor]] once had a lively debate with Truman about [[Manhattan]] (referring to the "Manhattan Project") and the ethics of using fission weaponry on civilian populations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'') | [[The Doctor]] once had a lively debate with Truman about [[Manhattan]] (referring to the "[[Manhattan Project]]") and the ethics of using fission weaponry on civilian populations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'') | ||
Because he was [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s vice president, Truman became [[President of the United States]] when FDR died in office in [[1945]]. He was elected in his own right three years later, surprising many who believed him a "caretaker" figure. He took part in the [[Potsdam Conference]], negotiated the details of postwar [[Europe]] and authorised the use of nuclear bombs on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]] to end [[World War II]]. He also prosecuted the majority of the [[Korean War]] and fired General [[Douglas MacArthur]] for insubordination. He was widely regarded by those who knew him as "a tough little sonovabitch". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') | Because he was [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s vice president, Truman became [[President of the United States]] when FDR died in office in [[1945]]. He was elected in his own right three years later, surprising many who believed him a "caretaker" figure. He took part in the [[Potsdam Conference]], negotiated the details of postwar [[Europe]] and authorised the use of nuclear bombs on [[Nagasaki]] and [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]] to end [[World War II]]. He also prosecuted the majority of the [[Korean War]] and fired General [[Douglas MacArthur]] for insubordination. He was widely regarded by those who knew him as "a tough little sonovabitch". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') | ||
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