HARRY S. TRUMAN     Thirty-third president served 1945-1953   Democrat from Missouri was farmer and senator   Born 1884 died 1972   Ordered dropping of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II   Fair Deal expanded Social Security, housing and employment security.   NATO established in 1949   Today considered a great president   Politically savvy hard-headed   Tough on communists, but many European countries got Communist regimes all the same   Truman Doctrine: U.S. would help contain communism in Europe   Korean War in 1950 was limited war   Truman didn’t run for re-election

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