1919
He joined the army in 1927.
No. Truman was not a career officer. He did serve actively in World War One and was a major when he was discharged at the end of the war.
No, Harry S. Truman was not an army general. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I, but his highest rank was as a colonel in the Army Reserve. Truman's political career eventually led him to become the 33rd President of the United States.
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Yes, he served in the army in WW I.
Harry S. Truman was a Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War two but never saw combat in WW2. He did see combat in World War 1 though
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he desegregated the us army
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Blacks had been serving in the US Army since the Civil War, but always in racially segregated units. As President, Harry S. Truman desegregated the Army by executive order, and thereafter blacks and whites served in units together.
After leaving the army, Truman had a number of jobs. He opened a hat store in 1922 which subsequently failed. Thus, "Haberdasher Harry". Likely given to him by his political opponents to belittle him in the eyes of the electorate.
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