Motion Picture MP2002-81
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Description:Harry S. Truman discusses becoming a First Lieutenant with the 129th Field Artillery during World War I. Mr. Truman recounts his familiar story of how he visited Gen. George C. Marshall after the attack of Pearl Harbor. Sound only.
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Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Harry S. Truman discussing his military experiences Mr. Truman is speaking of becoming a First Lieutenant with the 129th Field Artillery, serving during World War I in the Meuse-Argonne area in France. He was recommended to be a Major after the war, and became one in the Army Reserves. He then became a Lt. Colonel and a Colonel. He trained with 600 or 700 young men from the war, who, from 1933 to 1945, went on to obtain commissions in the Reserves, and he was proud of them. | |
| 1:12 | Mr. Truman recounts his familiar story of how he visited Gen. George C. Marshall after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and asked to serve in the Army. Gen. Marshall pulled down his spectacles and asked Sen. Truman how old he was. Sen. Truman replied “56.” Gen. Marshall told him he was too old, go back to the Senate. Mr. Truman told Gen. Marshall he was four years younger than the General, to which Marshall replied “Senator, I’m already in.” Mr. Truman says he was on the Military Affairs Committee of the Senate, and he felt he could talk back to the General. He ruminates that because he went back to the Senate, he became Vice-President, then later President. | |