FDR Dies
In the summer of 1921 President Roosevelt contracted polio which paralyzed him from the waist down. He tried convincing people he was getting better so he taught himself how to walk a short distance and only used a wheel chair in private. In 1944 Roosevelt went to Bethesda hospital. When he got his test results back he found out he had high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, hypertensive heart disease, and congestive heart failure. On April 1945 Roosevelt was complaining of having a pain in the back of his head when suddenly he slumped forward in his chair unconcious. The doctor diagnosed Roosevelt with a cerebral hemorrhage. He died later that afternoon.
Truman
Harry Truman was born May 8th, 1884. Since Truman had to help his family, he had to quit school to work until he joined the military. He was a member of the National Guard and was later made commander of the Field Artillery unit in France. Truman became president when Roosevelt died April 12, 1945. In 1948 the Democrats nominated him for president where he won 49% of the popular vote. During WWII, Truman was the one to make the decision to use the atomic bomb to speed up the end of the war. He was also president during the Cold War and the Korean War. Truman decided not to run for president again in 1952 and retired in Independence Missouri. An interesing fact is he was my aunts neighbor while she was living in Independence.
Comments
Good but a tad brief. What does your aunt say about Truman?