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Harry S. Truman and the First World War

World War I Podcast by MacArthur Memorial

May 29, 202633:51Society & Culture

In the history of the United States, 31 of 45 presidents have served in the military, with two dozen of them serving during wartime. Yet only one president was a combat veteran of World War I: Harry S. Truman. The war sh...

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