Vintage bronze USA President Harry S Truman medal

Vintage bronze
USA President
HARRY S. TRUMAN
1884 - 1984
CENTENNIAL medal



Front bareljef of USA President HARRY S. TRUMAN 1884 - 1984
Reverse HARRY S. TRUMAN National historic site

Some age tarnish - patina (untouched),
Perfect condition

Approx. 4 centimeters in diameter

British penny for size comparing only

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As the 34th vice president, he succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than three months after he began his fourth term.He used executive orders to begin desegregation of the U.S. armed forces and to create loyalty checks which dismissed thousands of communist supporters from office, even though he strongly opposed mandatory loyalty oaths for governmental employees, a stance that led to charges that his administration was soft on communism. Truman's presidency was also eventful in foreign affairs, with the end of World War II and his decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the founding of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, the beginning of the Cold War, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Korean War.

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