When he became President on April 12, 1945, he was then automatically US Commander in Chief.
He was an Artillery Captain in WWI and became the US Commander in Chief in WWII.
Last commander in chief of WW2.
The president of the USA is the commander in chief--Barck Obama. He just fired a general who disagreed with him; just like Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman did.
Truman and all presidents are the Commander in Chief over all the military branches and ultimate leader of the war for the US.
Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman were the only US president that served in WW I. Eisenhower was a captain when the war ended; Truman was a major. (Of course the president Woodrow Wilson was commander-in-chief during the war.)
Both Franklin Roosevelt and later Harry Truman held that position. ya nana
Commander in Chief.
He became king and commander when he was 20.
During the Civil War, Grant was made a Lt. General. He became the general over all the other generals. President Lincoln remained the Commander in Chief. Grant became the Commander in Chief when he became President.
Roosevelt and Truman as President and Commander in Chief.
MacArther was resisting the orders of his commander in chief. In public. He was fired.
The Commander and Chief of the Continental Army was General (later, President) George Washington.