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Though he chaired the most important wartime committee in Congress -the Truman committee acted as watchdog over defense-Harry tried to enlist in the Army. He went to see Army Chief of Staff George Marshall...
...Truman was never torn by ambition. He did not particularly want to be Vice President in 1944 when word went out that F.D.R. was interested. Margaret shows how Roosevelt maneuvered him into the job against his will. First, F.D.R. had to get rid of two contenders, Vice President Henry Wallace and James Byrnes...
...convention opened, Truman was balking. Finally, Roosevelt was called by the party's chairman. Bob Hannegan, while Truman listened...
...When Truman gave up the haunted house he never really liked and retired to private life, he had a chilly meeting with his successor, Dwight Eisenhower. Margaret describes their drive together to Ike's inauguration...
Since the Victorian poet wrote those lines a century ago, doctors have become highly skilled in maintaining a spark of life in even the most aged and debilitated of patients. Harry Truman's last days underscored that ability-and raised again the question of whether such heroic medical efforts are really merciful...