Harry S. Truman did many things, but today we are going to talk about what his life was like as a young adult, how he had to make a decision important and how he won. the election. Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, born on May 8, 1884 in a small town called Lamar, Missouri. In 1890, the same year the Little White House was built, Truman's family moved to Independence, Missouri. When Harry was growing up, he worked at various jobs. Harry was a farmer, banker and oil miner. By the time he reached 1917, he was in his thirties and World War I was in full swing. It was then that Harry decided to join the army. When he served, he went to France and was released as a captain in May 1919. A month later, he met a girl named Elizabeth Wallace and decided to marry this girl he loved so much. President Harry S. Truman became President of the United States after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. During his eight years in office, Truman faced enormous challenges in foreign and domestic affairs. Truman's policies were there, and particularly toward the Soviet Union in the coming Cold War, that would prove difficult for American foreign policy for generations. “In the early morning hours of July 16, 1945, great anticipation and fear were rife among white people. Sand Missile Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project, could barely breathe. Years of secrecy, research and testing rested on this moment. “During the last seconds he went straight ahead and when the presenter shouted now! » ("Harry s. Truman," ). Harry had a huge decision to make on his hands. He had to choose whether or not to drop... middle of paper ... bombs dropped on the cities devoted to war work, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese eventually surrendered to the United States quickly after their bomb attack. After everything that happened with Japan, we all decided that it would be nice if we had some sort of peace with them so that there would no longer be a need to drop an atomic bomb. He then decided not to run for president again, and soon after retired for independence at the age of 88. He then died on December 26, 1972, after having to stubbornly fight for his life. there is a quote he said before he died and after the war ended. “I wonder how much better the country would have been if I had been a concert pianist.” (“American President Harry”, 2013). He said this to some American musicians at the Potsdam Conference. This quote makes me wonder if maybe he didn't want to be president. You are the judge.