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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]]. | ||
==Biography== | == Biography == | ||
Because he was [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s Vice President, he 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 to be a "caretaker" figure. In addition to attending the [[Potsdam Conference]] to negotiate the details of postwar [[Europe]] and authorising 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". ([[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') | Because he was [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s Vice President, he 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 to be a "caretaker" figure. In addition to attending the [[Potsdam Conference]] to negotiate the details of postwar [[Europe]] and authorising 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". ([[EDA]]: ''[[Endgame (novel)|Endgame]]'') | ||
