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 ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...

President Harry S. Truman has on a number of occasions shown his sympathy with the work of Jewish organizations and has defended the Jews against slurs, it was pointed out in Jewish circles here ...

Sailors with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group are celebrating an ancient story of liberation this week as they battle ...

The commanding officer of USS Truman aircraft carrier was fired after the collision with a merchant vessel off Egypt. C apt. Dave Snowden, commanding officer of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the ...

Roosevelt's New Deal. In 1952, U.S. President Harry Truman ordered government seizure of the steel industry to avoid a general strike. In 1960, the United States Senate passed the landmark Civil ...