A man of wisdom, truth and leadership, these are the things brought to mind when we think of our very own thirty-third president, Harry S. Truman. On Thursday, May 8th, 1884, Truman was born. He was born in a six-room farmhouse in Lomar, Missouri and twelve years later he prospered as a Missouri farmer. For college, he attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City and only took night classes. While attending there, he took school of law, …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…down on him because of the lives that were taken in the bombings. But, I believe if the war continued, there would have been six to seven times as many lives lost in the war. As soon as he came into office, he tried to end the war as soon as possible and he ended up succeeding. These powerful actions made him a great leader and role model for all ages in our great nation.