Harry S. Truman

"Am I sure I want to send nuclear secrets via unsecure, public, coffeeshop wifi? AM I EVER!"

- Harry S. Truman, The Cold War

Harry S. Truman was the thirty-third president of the United States.

Biography
Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884. He grew up in Missouri. During WW1, Truman was sent to France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and was later elected as a Jackson County official in 1922. Truman was elected to the United States Senate from Missouri in 1934 and gained national prominence as chairman of the Truman Committee aimed at reducing waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts. After the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman became the president of the nation. He authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. Truman's administration engaged in an internationalist foreign policy and renounced isolationism. He rallied his New Deal coalition during the 1948 presidential election and won a surprise victory that secured his own presidential term. After the onset of the Cold War, Truman oversaw the Berlin Airlift and Marshall Plan in 1948. When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, he gained United Nations approval to intervene in what became known as the Korean War. On domestic issues, bills endorsed by Truman faced opposition from a conservative Congress, but his administration successfully guided the U.S. economy through the post-war economic challenges. In 1948, he submitted the first comprehensive civil rights legislation and issued Executive Order 9981 to start racial integration in the military and federal agencies. Harry S. Truman died on December 26, 1972.

Appearances

 * WW2 (Part 2) [briefly, does not speak]
 * The Cold War (Part 1)

Trivia

 * Truman is the first character to receive both a stickman and stub drawing.