PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/08/1971 - HFSID 16658

HARRY TRUMAN
Harry Truman sends a typed letter of thanks for the clipping and to send birthday greetings.
Typed Letter Signed: "Harry S. Truman", 1p, 7¼x10½. Independence, Missouri, 1971 March 8. On his personal imprinted letterhead to Mrs. J. Ross Lebold, Springfield, Ohio. In full: "I was pleased to have your letter with the clipping and I thank you for your very kind sentiments and generous comments. You were kind to express your good opinion of our daughter Margaret, and Mrs. Truman and I appreciate it. I have noted you will celebrate your neinety-fourth [sic] birthday on March 19, and Mrs. Truman joins me in sending you congratulations and best wishes for good health and happiness. With best wishes, Sincerely yours," Harry S. Truman, a WWI veteran, one-time haberdasher, former U.S. Senator from Missouri (1935-1945), had been elected Vice President for the fourth term of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, and he assumed the presidency in April 1945, following the sudden death of FDR. During his first term, Truman ordered the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945), forcing a Japanese surrender and the end of WWII (1939-1945), announced his Fair Deal domestic program (September 1945) and issued the Truman Doctrine (March 1947), which guaranteed aid to any nation resisting Communist aggression. Following his stunning 1948 defeat of Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, Truman oversaw the foundation of NATO (April 1949) and sent troops to South Korea to repel the North Korean invasion (June 1950). After leaving the White House, Truman returned to Missouri, where he wrote his memoirs and was actively involved in the creation of the Truman Library. Fold creases not near signature. Fine condition. Accompanied by mailing envelope which is encapsulated.