Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

December 30, 1998

Courage

It took a great deal of courage for Harry S. Truman to give the okay to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended WWII.

Truman and the Atom Bomb background

Ashley and Beth
Greenwood Elementary
Greenwood, MO

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The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum is one of thirteen Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.

500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
truman.library@nara.gov;
Phone: 816-268-8200 or 1-800-833-1225;
Fax: 816-268-8295.

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