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|job = President of the United States{{!}}President | |||
|job2 = Vice President of the United States{{!}}Vice President | |||
|affiliation = United States government | |||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
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|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'' | |||
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Missouri]]an who served as the 33rd [[President of the United States]] ([[PROSE]]: | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Missouri]]an who served as the 33rd [[President of the United States]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) from [[1945]] to at least [[1951]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}}) | ||
== Biography == | |||
Harry Truman was born in [[1884]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Domino Effect (novel)}}) | |||
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]]: | Because he was [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[Vice President of the United States|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]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}}) | ||
[[The Doctor]] once had a lively debate with Truman about the [[Manhattan Project]] and the ethics of using fission weaponry on civilian populations. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Falls the Shadow (novel)}}) | |||
Truman died in [[1972]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Domino Effect (novel)}}) | |||
== Alternate timeline == | == Alternate timeline == | ||
