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Truman, Harry S
     
Truman, Harry S
(1884-1972) a US politician in the Democratic Party who was President of the US from 1945 to 1953. He took the decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945, and helped to establish NATO. He also organized the Marshall Plan, and began US involvement in the Korean War in 1950.
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