Having been vice president for only 82 days, Harry S Truman became the 33rd US president on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s death ...

Vice President Harry S. Truman, who had little experience in foreign affairs, was sworn in as President. In The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany 1941-1945 ...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 1945 (UP) -- Harry S. Truman ... Secretary Stephen Early telephoned Vice President Truman and asked him to come to the White House. Truman arrived in 10 minutes and was ...

To Mark Adams, a particular item on display at the Truman Presidential Library and a snippet from the presidential oath of office administered at the White House on April 12, 1945, help show the ...

James Roosevelt, Maj. Gen. Edwin Watson, partially obscured, and Vice President Harry S. Truman, listen. (AP Photo) FE - Delivering a brief inaugural address from the portico of the White House ...