In an address to a joint session of Congress, President Harry Truman embraced a global role for the United States and opened a new chapter in U.S. foreign policy.

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, served from 1945 to 1953. He is remembered for decisive leadership during the closing months of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, ...

"Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a White House press event on Aug. 25, President Donald Trump remarked that the Department of Defense name “didn’t sound ...

One humid Japanese summer day. One bomb. 8:15 am. 135,000 casualties. 66,000 dead (including 38,000 children). 69,000 injured. Three days after, World War II ended. Eighty years later, we commemorate ...

Two of the clearest demonstrations of biblical war strategy in modern history were carried out by men who probably never saw ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Dozens of people came out to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum on President’s Day to learn about past presidents and share their hopes for the next 250 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Gordon, the Pentagon editor for Air and Space Forces magazine, discusses why the initial decision was made in the 1940s to ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - December 26, 1972. After weeks of hospitalization, President Harry S. Truman dies at 88. Truman and his wife, Bess, are buried in the courtyard of the Harry S. Truman ...