“In Truman's 82 days as vice president, he didn't get a single intelligence briefing,” Cohen tells American Experience. “He'd only met FDR twice. He never stepped foot in the map room where ...

Truman was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. The pair won that November. President Roosevelt’s health was failing even before his inauguration in January 1945.

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In 1950, representatives of the Jewish Agency proposed changing the name to Kfar Truman, in honor of U.S. president Harry Truman who had supported the establishment of the State of Israel.

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Incumbent President Harry S. Truman, left, and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley wave as they return to Washington after their victory in November 1948. Alben Barkley’s grandson could not ...

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Truman was chosen as the vice presidential nominee. The pair won that November. President Roosevelt’s health was failing even before his inauguration in January 1945.