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Carrier Truman conducts flight operations after completing repairs from collision • Feb. 25, 2025, 5:31 AM ET (Janes)
Update: Truman should continue deployment as scheduled after emergent repairs, carrier commanding officer says • Feb. 24, 2025, 5:31 AM ET (Janes)
Navy fires skipper of the USS Harry S. Truman, following collision near Suez Canal • Feb. 21, 2025, 7:16 AM ET (CBS)
US aircraft carrier Truman collides with merchant ship near Egypt, but no injuries are reported • Feb. 14, 2025, 10:33 AM ET (AP)

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Born May 8, 1884 • Lamar • Missouri
Died December 26, 1972 (aged 88) • Kansas City • Missouri
Title / Office presidency of the United States of America (1945-1953), United States • vice president of the United States of America (1945-1945), United States • United States Senate (1935-1945), United States
Political Affiliation Democratic Party
Notable Family Members spouse Bess Truman • daughter Margaret Truman
Role In Berlin blockade • Cold War • Fair Deal • Korean War • Marshall Plan • Point Four Program • Truman Doctrine • World War I • World War II • Pacific War • Potsdam Declaration

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