naugural Address
January 20, 1949
[Delivered in person at the Capitol]
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, fellow citizens:
I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. I accept it with a resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world.
In [...]
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President Truman’s Inaugural Address – January 20, 1949
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Harry Truman: Atomic Bomb-Truman Press Release-August 6, 1945
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Address to the Nation, August 6, 1945
First page of Truman’s Speech
“Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese Army base. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. It had more than 2,000 times the blast power of the British “Grand Slam,” which is the largest [...]
