Harry S. TrumanPresident of the United States from 1945 to 1953Personal detailsBorn(1884-05-08)May 8, 1884Lamar, Missouri, U.S.DiedDecember 26, 1972(1972-12-26) (aged 88)Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.Resting placeHarry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, MissouriPartyDemocraticSpouseBess Wallace (m. 1919)ChildrenMargaret TrumanParentMartha Ellen Young (mother)RelativesClifton Truman Daniel (grandson)OccupationFarmerhaberdasherpoliticianSignatureMilitary serviceBranch/serviceUnited States ArmyNational GuardArmy ReserveYears of service1905–1911 (guard)1917–1919 (active)1920–1953 (reserve)RankColonelUnitU.S. Army Field Artillery BranchCommandsBattery D, 129th Field Artillery Regiment, 35th Division1st Battalion, 379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry DivisionBattlesWorld War IBattle of Saint-MihielMeuse–Argonne offensiveDefensive SectorAwardsWorld War I Victory MedalArmed Forces Reserve Medal (2)Early lifeElectoral historyAssassination attemptLegacyTruman DayScholarshipUSS Harry S. TrumanTruman ReservoirLittle White HouseBibliographySenator from MissouriSenate careerTruman CommitteeSenate elections 1934194033rd President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineExecutive actionsForeign policyTruman Doctrineinternational tripsCabinetJudicial appointmentsSupreme Court candidatesFirst termFirst inaugurationAtomic bombingMarshall PlanStrike waveMental Health ActPotsdam ConferenceNATOTimeline '45'46'47'48Second termSecond inaugurationKorean WarHousing ActFair DealSherman Minton Supreme Court nominationSteel strikePuerto Rican referendumTimeline '49'50'51'52–'53Presidential and Vice presidential campaigns1944 campaignconventionelection1948 primariesconventioncampaignelectionDewey Defeats Truman1952 primariesconventionPost-presidencyPresidential libraryDeathNational historic SiteHarry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The 1,338-acre (541.5 ha) main academic and residential campus is 15 miles (24 km) south of Toledo, Ohio. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 as a normal school, specializing in teacher training and education. The university has developed from a small rural normal school into a comprehensive public research university.
John Addison Porter PrizeThe John Addison Porter Prize is a literary award given annually by Yale University to the best work of scholarship in any field "where it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts or principles, or both, and to present the results in such a literary form as to make the product of general human interest." This award is among the highest the university confers.
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Great DepressionThe Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was marked by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street crash of 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression.
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World War IGlobal conflict from 1914 to 1918BelligerentsAllied Powers: France United Kingdom and Empire:Australia Canada Ceylon EgyptNewfoundlandNew Zealand India South Africa Russia (until 1917) Italy (from 1915) United States(from 1917) Japanand others ...Central Powers: GermanyAustria-HungaryOttoman Empire Bulgaria (from 1915)and others ...Commanders and leadersCasualties and losses 15–22 million deaths (military and civilian)World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
History of the foreign policy of the United StatesThe major themes in the history of the United States foreign policy since the American Revolution are: becoming an "Empire of Liberty", promoting democracy, expanding across the continent, supporting liberal internationalism, contesting World Wars and the Cold War, fighting international terrorism, developing the Third World, and building a strong world economy with low tariffs (but high tariffs in 1861–1933).AHA Prize in European International HistoryThe AHA Prize in European International History, formerly named the George Louis Beer Prize, is an award given by the American Historical Association for the best book in European international history from 1895 to the present written by a United States citizen or permanent resident. The prize was created in 1923 to honor the memory of George Beer, a prominent historian, member of the U.S. delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and senior League of Nations official.
United States Army Air ForcesAerial warfare branch from 1941 to 1947Military unitThe United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
World War IIGlobal conflict from 1939 to 1945BelligerentsAlliesAxisCommanders and leadersMain Allied leaders: Joseph StalinFranklin D. RooseveltWinston ChurchillChiang Kai-shekMain Axis leaders: Adolf HitlerHirohitoBenito MussoliniCasualties and losses 60–75 million deaths (military and civilian) World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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